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> That works out to 16 hours / day $15 / hour * 365 days/year = $87600/year.* True, but they also have to pay the staff who is monitoring the cars. Maybe 10 c
by abhayhegde 3y ago
> That works out to 16 hours / day $15 / hour * 365 days/year = $87600/year.*
True, but they also have to pay the staff who is monitoring the cars. Maybe 10 cars have one staff? For 250 cars, there should be a team of 25. Maybe they earn a year as much as one car saves? i.e. nearly 90k/year. So, that still works out profitable.
- taurath 3y agoStaff to clean the cars. Staff to refuel the cars. The cars themselves. The administrative and technology teams to ensure the cars work, logistics work. Teams to handle incidents. Replacing that $35/hr driver gets pretty difficult unless a lot of things are all in place at once.