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An Uber driver can afford a Tesla??
by paul7986 9y ago
An Uber driver can afford a Tesla??
- nobodyshere 9y agoThey can and they do. I talked to an Uber driver with a model s in Amsterdam. Leases it with his brother for about €1600 per month and still makes profit.
- t0mas88 9y agoThere are Tesla Ubers/taxis all over Amsterdam. It's a tax thing, a typical Mercedes taxi would also cost 1200 / month and then much more in fuel than the Tesla.
- walshemj 9y agowhich only works until the govement notices the tax loss ad changes the tax laws basing a business on a tax loop hole is a high risk stratergy
- nobodyshere 9y agoApparently right now environmentalism is a quite good justification for such lowered taxes. After all taxis are some of the most actively driven vehicles in the streets of any country.
- walshemj 9y agoWell in the UK it was a tax break for rich middle class people - not going to help a single parent who buys her electricity on a key system.
- greglindahl 9y agoThe single parent doesn't get any benefit from less pollution and less global warming?
- walshemj 9y agoNo She just pays even more on an already more expensive tariff
- waterhouse 9y agoIf it's a monthly lease, then that means they can very easily switch if the laws do change.
- greglindahl 9y agoYes. A Silicon Valley friend of mine with a Tesla drove Uber for a while because he was between jobs ("camping") and was curious about Uber's business. He's not the only one. Also, I believe that Uber now counts Teslas as limos for the Uber Black service.
- TomMarius 9y agoIf they're black though. This black rule can lead to funny situations - one time a silver brand new Merceses S-Klasse came to pick me up for the Pop price.