# Professor Arun Sundararajan shares his views on what Tesla's recent self-driving feature news could mean

1 Faculty News October 20, 2016 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://www.wsj.com/articles/tesla-sets-price-for-self-driving-feature-lays-groundwork-for-ride-hailing-service-1476993474) -- "'Any smart car manufacturer sees that as a possibility and is also thinking about their own on-demand, autonomous transportation network,' said [Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), a professor at New York University who has written about the sharing economy. 'In the early stages, allowing your cars onto someone else’s network reduces your ability to use your service.'"

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