Tesla’s Robotaxi Network Will Replace Uber and Turo

By Troy Tyrell | Founder, Tsquared Personal Training | May 27, 2025
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Tesla isn’t here to compete with Uber, Turo, or Lyft. It’s here to obsolete them.

Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla’s robotaxi network is coming, a fleet made up of both Tesla-owned vehicles and customer-owned vehicles rented out when not in use. Here’s the kicker: these cars don’t need drivers, hosts, or anyone at all. They drive themselves. They run themselves. They monetize themselves.

This isn’t ride-sharing. It’s asset-sharing at scale with Ai as the operator.

🧠 From Platform Tax to Platform Ownership

Uber and Turo built massive businesses by skimming a cut off each transaction between humans. But their platforms rely on human friction: coordination, compliance, churn, and labour costs.

Tesla skips the middle layer entirely. It owns the hardware, the software, the routing logic, and the payment rails. It’s not just taking a cut, it’s owning the network, vertically integrated from chip to cloud to car.

Uber takes ~25–30% of each ride.
Tesla could take 100% or share it only with car owners.
Turo lets you rent a car. Tesla lets your car rent itself.

Margins move from platform fees to pure infrastructure returns.

📈 Every Tesla Becomes a Micro-Business

Here’s the business model shift: Tesla sells you a depreciating asset that appreciates in income potential. The second it becomes autonomous, your Model 3 or Cybertruck becomes a 24/7 revenue stream, with zero labour input.

You’re not just a customer anymore. You’re a fleet owner. You don’t need to drive your Tesla. It drives your ROI.

This turns every Tesla buyer into:

A mobility operator
A platform partner
A revenue participant in Tesla’s ecosystem

Tesla gets the upside of recurring revenue without having to own all the vehicles or manage all the logistics. Just like Airbnb doesn’t own the homes, but monetizes the network.

🔄 From Human-Powered Platforms to Autonomous Flywheels

The entire ride-share economy has been stuck in a margin squeeze: drivers demand more pay, users want lower prices, and the platform is stuck in the middle. Tesla’s model erases the conflict:

No driver incentives
No insurance complexity
No labor disputes
No peak-hour unpredictability

Instead, Tesla creates a capital-efficient flywheel:
Sell the hardware → Monetize the rides → Share revenue → Build loyalty → Sell more hardware.

💥 The Real Disruption: Ownership vs Access

The ride-share era sold us access over ownership. But Tesla flips it own the asset, earn from the access economy.

This isn’t just a product shift. It’s a business model revolution.

If Tesla can deliver safe, scalable autonomy, it won’t just undercut Uber and Turo it will absorb their market into its stack. No middlemen. Just machines. Owned by users. Operated by Tesla.

In a future where assets run themselves, the smartest play isn’t to rent, it’s to own. The road to mobility’s next trillion-dollar business isn’t paved with apps. It’s paved with autonomy.

Troy Tyrell
Founder, Tsquared Personal Training | Contributor, World Business News (WBN)
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