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Uber was supposed to help traffic. It didn’t. Robotaxis will be even worse::px-captcha
Uber was supposed to help traffic. It didn’t. Robotaxis will be even worse::px-captcha
Wrong, it started as “Ubercab” and you could request a black luxury cab. It eventually turned into the app we have now with people trying to make ends meet. It was and is a taxi service.
Straight from Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber#:~:text=Following a beta launch in,times that of a taxi.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/111015/story-uber.asp
This is how I remember it in the early days on the East Coast. Uber was pretty expensive and always a large black luxury car. The drivers were very professional too and dressed up.