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I would expect that an Uber driver would be doing far more than 15k miles per year. That's just normal usage. You're also mixing up your accounting. The parent

I would expect that an Uber driver would be doing far more than 15k miles per year. That's just normal usage. You're also mixing up your accounting. The parent was discussing marginal costs, and you're discussing average costs. The marginal cost is what's used for making economic decisions, like deciding to drive for Uber or not.

grogenaut 9y ago
My wife does 3-4 days a week for prime now. On track to hitting 12k miles this year. Just as a data point
- astura 9y ago
  The average driver between 20-50 drives around 15,000 a year. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/onh00/bar8.htm https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/onh00/bar8.htm
  - grogenaut 9y ago
    The average driver implicitly isn't using ride sharing so there's really no relationship between that stat and this discussion other than it'll be closer to your number than to the average daily miles of a glactic starship captain. A better number would be a taxi driver.
jfoutz 9y ago
From op's data, 10,000 - $0.7354 15,000 - $0.5646 20,000 - $0.4944 I just don't see how you get that marginal cost down to $0.20, yes mile n+1 is a little bit cheaper than mile n. and sure, let's pretend that high milage cars used cars sell for the same as low milage cars. so financing is fixed. I just don't see how you can get regular maintenance and gas and insurance down to 20c/mile.
- rm999 9y ago
  You're looking at average cost, which includes half-ton pickups and large SUVs. Look at page 6, which contains small and medium sedans.
  - jfoutz 9y ago
    Ah, i see. I misunderstood your argument. I thought you meant something like "an average person want to pick up some uber shifts. they already have the car, so the expense can't be that much." I'd assumed an average person would have an average car, and thus average cpm. you mean (i think) someone needs a car for whatever reason. They specifically select a car they can use with uber, maximum mpg, least maintenance, and used. That might work. i'm still (very) skeptical of the $0.20/mi cost. But i could see you might be able to get that quoted $0.37 down to $0.32 or if you're really lucky, $0.30
dnautics 9y ago
A full time Uber driver is likely to do about 75,000 miles in a year.

grogenaut 9y ago

My wife does 3-4 days a week for prime now. On track to hitting 12k miles this year. Just as a data point

astura 9y ago
The average driver between 20-50 drives around 15,000 a year. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/onh00/bar8.htm https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/onh00/bar8.htm
- grogenaut 9y ago
  The average driver implicitly isn't using ride sharing so there's really no relationship between that stat and this discussion other than it'll be closer to your number than to the average daily miles of a glactic starship captain. A better number would be a taxi driver.

jfoutz 9y ago

From op's data, 10,000 - $0.7354 15,000 - $0.5646 20,000 - $0.4944 I just don't see how you get that marginal cost down to $0.20, yes mile n+1 is a little bit cheaper than mile n. and sure, let's pretend that high milage cars used cars sell for the same as low milage cars. so financing is fixed. I just don't see how you can get regular maintenance and gas and insurance down to 20c/mile.

rm999 9y ago
You're looking at average cost, which includes half-ton pickups and large SUVs. Look at page 6, which contains small and medium sedans.
- jfoutz 9y ago
  Ah, i see. I misunderstood your argument. I thought you meant something like "an average person want to pick up some uber shifts. they already have the car, so the expense can't be that much." I'd assumed an average person would have an average car, and thus average cpm. you mean (i think) someone needs a car for whatever reason. They specifically select a car they can use with uber, maximum mpg, least maintenance, and used. That might work. i'm still (very) skeptical of the $0.20/mi cost. But i could see you might be able to get that quoted $0.37 down to $0.32 or if you're really lucky, $0.30

dnautics 9y ago

A full time Uber driver is likely to do about 75,000 miles in a year.