The summer that changed everything for Uber: China, self-driving cars, and a risky future

ANALYSIS: Following a series of bold strokes over the past three weeks, Uber has charted a new path toward the future. Whether this trajectory will take the ridehailing giant into the stratosphere or over a cliff, well, that’s harder to say.
Without knowing all the insider details of Uber’s finances, its profitability, or its burn rate, we could make two equally compelling arguments about the company.
The first: In just a few years, Uber — under CEO Travis Kalanick —