GM CEO Mary Barra fires Cruise CEO over robotaxi/car sales battle

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I have often written about the debate between the robotaxi vision of self-driving and the private car sales vision. That debate got writ large last week with the firing of Cruise CEO Dan Ammann over his desire to push the robotaxi vision (and some other differences of view.)

I write about it on Forbes.com in GM CEO Mary Barra fires Cruise CEO over robotaxi/car sales battle

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In you Forbes article concerning the differences between Barra and Amman in the AV business model, I would like to add who receives cash flows in service vs ownership models. Of the roughly $600 per month spent on an automobile, the manufacturers only receive $350 with the remainder going toward insurance, maintenance, fuel, etc. Under a service model, manufacturers can claim the entire $600 monthly amount consumers are now paying and with vertical integration (including electrical production for fuel) have complete control of the supply chain to operate the fleet

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