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Prediction Didn’t hold up
Zimmer predicted in 2017 that AVs would soon handle half of rides
“What's real is that over the next couple years, it'll be able to do A few percent of our trips, 10% of our trips, 50% of our trips.”
John Zimmer Jun 25, 2018 ▶ 32:47 Lyft: John Zimmer (2017)
Assertion Contradicted
Zimmer: 3 percent of the US workforce had earned income on Lyft
“Yeah, there were, I think it was when I was leaving, like, three percent of the U.S. Workforce had, had earned on Lyft”
John Zimmer Oct 23, 2025 ▶ 46:49 Advice Line with John Zimmer of Lyft
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Zimmer predicted autonomous cars would gradually handle a growing percentage of rides
“An autonomous car is not going to drop out of the sky and be able to do a hundred percent of our trips. That's not real. What's real is that over the next couple years, it'll be able to do A few percent of our trips, 10% of our trips, 50% of our trips.”
John Zimmer Feb 13, 2017 ▶ 31:39 Lyft: John Zimmer
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