The Uber drivers are paying for the cost of the car, gas, maintenance, parking/garage, most of the insurance, etc. plus supplying the labor, while Uber takes pr

The Uber drivers are paying for the cost of the car, gas, maintenance, parking/garage, most of the insurance, etc. plus supplying the labor, while Uber takes probably around 80% of the profit. Getting rid of the driver means that Uber would have to spend ~$50B to put a million self driving cars on the road, which would immediately start depreciating. Plus it will need thousands of well situated facilities necessary to garage, maintain, and dispatch them.