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Market dynamics demonstrated in other commodity businesses say otherwise.

In a commodity market you win with combination of price and brand.

When it comes to price, a player with a fleet of a million cars can wage a pricing war for longer than a player with a fleet of 10 thousand cars because economies of scale mean that it costs them less, per car, to provide the service.

If this is a new entrant, the incumbents also have an accumulated war chest from past revenues they can use to outprice the competition.

And they also have more money to out-advertise the new guy. GM spends $3 billion a year on advertising which is why, not counting Tesla, the youngest surviving car company was founded in 1925.

It's also why Kellog dominates in cornflake space, coca-cola in soda business etc.

Which is why there will be a mad rush to grab the market share early on. Once someone reaches significant scale, it'll be virtually impossible to catch up with them.



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