[New post] Google’s self-driving car project intended as Uber competitor, will be Alphabet company – Bloomberg

Ben Lovejoy posted: " While there have been long-running theories that Google plans to operate a fleet of self-driving cars as an Uber/Lyft competitor, rather than selling them directly to consumers, a Bloomberg piece sounds rather definite about it. The paper also says th" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google Google’s self-driving car project intended as Uber competitor, will be Alphabet company – Bloomberg by Ben Lovejoy While there have been long-running theories that Google plans to operate a fleet of self-driving cars as an Uber/Lyft competitor, rather than selling them directly to consumers, a Bloomberg piece sounds rather definite about it. The paper also says that the project will be spun off into its own Alphabet company. Google Inc. plans to make its self-driving cars unit, which will offer rides for hire, a stand-alone business under the Alphabet Inc. corporate umbrella next year, a person briefed on the company's strategy said [...] The fleets ­– which would include a range of large and small vehicles – could be deployed first in confined areas like college campuses, military bases or corporate office parks, the person said. The idea of initial use in 'confined areas' (read: not public roads) could potentially accelerate the introduction of the service ... Read more of this post Ben Lovejoy | December 16, 2015 at 7:57 am | Tags: Google, Google Self-driving car, Google self-driving cars, Self-driving car, Self-driving cars | Categories: Self-Driving Car | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-x91 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2015/12/16/google-self-driving-car-uber-competitor/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com