
According to Forbes, Uber board member Steve Jurvetson suggested that if Tesla manufactured 500,000 autonomous cars by 2020, CEO Travis Kalanick would buy them all.
This proclamation was recently brought into question by Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas during an earnings call. A significant portion of the call was centred around Tesla’s ability to deliver autonomous vehicles. Jonas asked Musk whether Tesla would be working with Uber in the future or if the company was considering operating its own ride-share business. As is evident by the audio captured by TechCrunch on its site, there is a lot of humming and awkward silences on Musk’s part. Here’s the exchange: Jonas: “Jurvetson was recently quoted saying that Uber CEO Travis Kalanick told him that if by 2020, Tesla’s cars are autonomous, then he’d want to buy all of them. Is supplying cars to ride-sharing firms a real business opportunity for Tesla? Or would Tesla prefer to cut out the middleman and sell on-demand electric-mobility services directly from the company on its own platform?”- The methods employed by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to hire best talent during the interview process
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