The issue is fleet utilisation, the fleet is not going to be fully utilised at night and will be capped out during rush hour. Compared to rush hour, daytime usa

The issue is fleet utilisation, the fleet is not going to be fully utilised at night and will be capped out during rush hour. Compared to rush hour, daytime usage is about 50% of peak and it falls to below 10% or lower at nights[1]. There was an article or blog looking at what happened if Uber replaced all their drivers with robotaxis a few years ago, couldn't find it though, but conclusion seemed to think going asset heavy an owning cars/parking would be the same or worse than paying drivers more but drivers owning their cars [1] https://www.researchgate.net/figure/ehicle-use-by-time-of-day-and-by-vehicle-age-PSRC-2006_fig1_272427107 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/ehicle-use-by-time-of-da...