Taxi companies has the benefit of scale in a way that Uber drivers' don't. I don't think not maintaining the vehicle fleet "at scale" will work out in the long

Taxi companies has the benefit of scale in a way that Uber drivers' don't. I don't think not maintaining the vehicle fleet "at scale" will work out in the long run for Uber's drivers and thus Uber when they run out of lusers running at a loss.