It could be that they're not factoring in the cost and maintenance of their vehicles because they foresee this as being a temporary period of their life. They'r

It could be that they're not factoring in the cost and maintenance of their vehicles because they foresee this as being a temporary period of their life. They're borrowing from the future cost of their cars. From my experiences with Gig workers, I used to work in the engineering part of an early one, there will be definitely a bi-modal distribution between full time and part time workers. There will be those that will only want to 'pay a bill' with the proceeds. There will also be those that buckle down and organize their lives/finances around it. For the former, it wouldn't surprise me that they're earning less than service jobs, all in. However, the freedom of choosing one's hours really is powerful for those looking for just a few extra hundred dollars, plus the emphermeral cost against one's vehicles is easy to overlook.