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Financial firms will own large autonomous vehicle fleets within ten years

Dara Khosrowshahi · Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on self-driving's future, changing business model, job displacement · Sep 17, 2025 · at 11:49

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi explains how autonomous vehicle fleet ownership will eventually evolve into a financial asset class similar to real estate investment trusts.

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“10 years down the line, you know, there are these things called REITs, real estate investment trucks. You're going to have fleets. You're going to have financial owners that own big fleets of cars that are on our network, maybe on other networks.”

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The claim, plainly

Within 10 years, financial institutions and private equity investors will own large autonomous vehicle fleets and monetize them on ride-sharing networks like Uber.

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Assessment

The claim specifies a 10-year window ending September 17, 2035. As of today (July 30, 2026), initial framework developments, platforms like Uber Autonomous Solutions, and fleet financing efforts (e.g., Moove seeking $1.2B in debt financing) have emerged, but full-scale ownership of large autonomous vehicle fleets by financial institutions and private equity firms on ride-sharing networks has not yet occurred. The resolution criteria cannot be definitively evaluated until closer to or at the September 17, 2035 target date.

Uber launched Uber Autonomous Solutions in February 2026 to facilitate third-party asset ownership and AV fleet management on its network.
Moove sought $1.2B in debt financing in July 2025 to procure and manage AV fleets, but broad private equity ownership of standalone AV fleets remains in development as of mid-2026.

Checked against

[1] pe-insights.com [2] economictimes.com [3] uber.com [4] investing.com [5] thedriverlessdigest.com [6] thedriverlessdigest.com [7] nebius.com [8] uber.com

Uber asset management autonomous vehicle fleet finance Uber AV fleet financial institutions private equity ownership private equity autonomous vehicle fleet ride sharing Uber Waymo

assessed as of 2026-07-30

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⏳ prediction date: 2035-09-17; checked again automatically on the next resolution wave

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