Do you think consumers are rethinking car sharing and ride-hailing services?

[Jeff Kershner]

For several years now, billions of dollars have been pumped into ride-hailing and car-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft.

Now, with widespread concern about coronavirus contagion, I've read a few articles saying they’re seeing a revival of shoppers’ curiosity in owning their own automotive. The Covid-19 pandemic has many folks worried about public transportation, ride sharing and even the latest food delivery service like DoorDash, UberEats and GrubHub.

Does anyone have customers coming in to purchase a vehicle with this concern or is this just the media spinning?

As these concerns persist, do you think it could have a long term impact on these services? What's you opinion?

 

[Alexander Lau]

Absolutely... and there is a burgeoning industry around disinfecting them (certifying them). Something partners and I are looking into now.

 

[ChrisR]

I think the biggest impact on the food delivery services is they are bleeding cash. At least one pizzeria owner figured out how to make some cash off one delivery service.

A pizzeria owner made money buying his own $24 pizzas from DoorDash for $16

This must make sense to someone, right?

www.theverge.com

 

[Alex Snyder]

As these concerns persist, do you think it could have a long term impact on these services? What's you opinion?

People always gravitate to the most convenient thing.

COVID-19 fears are not what they were and the knee-jerk reactions will subside over the summer. This fall will be interesting as the elections are going to take center stage. I do predict the places with continued quarantine measures will have new political foundations based on easing those. The quick win approach might be to take the stance of freedom... weird right?

We'll see how much hype the virus gets next flu season. Less virus = more Uber. .....oh wait. I forgot something. Let me correct it: Less virus NEWS = more Uber.

 

[Alexander Lau]

@Jeff Kershner maybe they will not be so worried after all.. the CDC are a bunch of halfwit fucks....

Coronavirus 'does not spread easily' by touching surfaces or objects, CDC says. But it still 'may be possible.'

The CDC says COVID-19 "does not spread easily" on contaminated surfaces or objects, nor by animal-to-human contact, or vice versa.

www.usatoday.com

CDC acknowledges mixing up coronavirus testing data

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) acknowledged Thursday that it is combining the results from viral and antibody COVID-19 tests when reporting the country’s testing to…

thehill.com

Ohhh whoops, did we do that!?!? Again. this is the BIGGEST clusterfuck screwup in the history of the world economically speaking.