content: Why wouldn't Tesla sell 500k autonomous vehicles to a company that will have turnover on those cars and be spending on upkeep since they will be running when they are charged and not in for repairs. Done right this could be a great sales opportunity get us used to seeing their cars as a major taxi chain. Many of us in the US hear taxi and assume yellow why not try to be the specific make that people think of? Write up the contract as more of a lease where you also get a cut on repairs/maintenance, just don't expect to be able to sell the car after the lease build that into the cost. Cabbies are throwing fits about Uber now imagine the extra cars that get sold due to ones destroyed when they need no one to drive them? (burner phone, prepaid Uber card bought with cash, destroy car!) Imagine the cleaning/replacing interiors due to people treating them with the same respect as a bus stop bench since no one sees them, there will be so much gum stuck to the interior smells from smokers, food, dirt and other things suck to the inside. While getting this off the ground they will likely redo the inside of the cars 2 times in the first year or two to keep them nice, then it will slow down as people expect some grime on 2 year old cars.