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Why is that an issue?
There can be a number of issues. As with rental cars I think it could lead to imbalances in utilization and costs to reset which need to be recouped. Should there be a particularly strong demand, for example, for people to go from A to B but not B to A and where demand is much higher in A than B. It can mean that too many vehicles are collecting in B where they have much lower utilization than in A, demanding perhaps that empty cars must be moved back to A. Taxis and rental cars have surcharges for this.
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Why is that an issue? To Uber it doesn't matter if self-driving car A is in Birmingham and car B in London or vice-versa, there's no differentiation between the vehicles. With taxis today the driver needs to go home at the end of his shift. There's no reason why a car has to (assuming it is owned by a company with a national presence).