Ueber is using billions operating a model that does not work. This uneconomic model is heavily leveraging SV investment and vehicle owner investment. Of course one can postulate that Ueber could operate a driverless model an be successful with it. But where is any evidence for that?

Running driver-less would require a totally different company structure from head to toe - from vehicle financing to vehicle serving in the field. None of that is in place and one could justifiable argue quite a few other companies are better positioned if that should come to pass.