Uber snubs Elon Musk’s idea of Tesla owners renting out their self-driving cars

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Elon Musk wants Tesla owners to rent out their self-driving cars to ride-share customers, but Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, doubts the electric vehicle giant will have enough taxis to meet peak demand.

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00:00Uber's CEO is casting doubt on Elon Musk's vision for Tesla owners to rent out their self-driving

00:05cars. Musk wants customers to be able to rent out their cars while not in use,

00:10and claims that Tesla owners could make $30,000 a year by doing so. But Uber's CEO,

00:16Dara Khosrowshahi, doesn't think Tesla will have enough taxis to meet peak demand. Khosrowshahi

00:21also thinks most Tesla owners won't want their car driven by a complete stranger.

00:26Although he doesn't think Tesla is there quite yet, Khosrowshahi told the Logan Bartlett Show

00:31podcast that he hopes Tesla will be one of Uber's partners one day.

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