It is widely reported that ride-sharing startup Uber is placing an order for 100,000 Mercedes-Benz S-Class self-driving cars. 100,000 S-Class could cost the company a whooping $11 billion.That seems unbelievably large, especially with the technology of self-driving cars so uncertain.

The news reports do make the point, however, that one of Uber’s biggest current problems is its drivers. Computer drivers don’t kill passengers, kidnap passengers, or stage protests. So it is safe to say that Uber may dump its human drivers for driverless cars in the year 2020.

Don't forget Uber also has plans to buy all the 500,000 self-driving Model series Tesla plans to produce in 2020 for its ride-sharing business. Well according to its CEO Travis Kalanick.500,000 Tesla driverless and 100,000 Mercedes-Benz S-class autonomous cars, Uber sure wants to dominate the autonomous automobile industry.

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