It's certainly not all by design, e.g. Uber began winding down [their direct to driver leasing business] this summer after learning that losses were $

It's certainly not all by design, e.g. Uber began winding down [their direct to driver leasing business] this summer after learning that losses were $9,000 per car on average, steeply above the previous estimates of around $500 per car That's an 18x miscalculation.