EVNow
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I've to check. I live in eastern suburbs - and to my home from the airport is almost $90. So, when I fly I've to figure out whether its better to get Uber (~200 two ways) vs airport shuttle (almost same price) or car parking (some $30 a day with fees).Btw that is exactly on spect 3k per day per city. Almost mirrors Uber stats.
yes Uber is tremendously expensive, its why nobody really commutes with Uber if they do it is usually the result of another TaaS utilization factor- parking, entertainment, travel. Oh, I hear some companies reimburse Uber in which case I could see those rides being possible. You're in Seattle? Out of curiousity in a burb or downtown? What does it cost to book an uber in rush hour from the Everett to downtown? I think it is $80 bucks but that is?? accurate??
BTW, some companies like Facebook do give shared Uber cost. But that comes as a taxable benefit - so you are going to be paying some 40% to 50% depending on your bracket.
I think currently Uber/Lyft are really for one off trips to the city or when you travel and don't want to rent a car. I've done that often - and since except the airport to city charges are < say $15, Uber/Lyft become easy. In India I was using ride hailing almost exclusively and ofcourse for us it is cheap there.$160 to commute? *220 is $35k a year. Wow, even if working from home half the days that would still be 17k. Huh....So if Tesla came in at 1/4 of that or roughly 9k to commute or 4k if working half time at home, hmmm that's still quite a bit of money.
What do you think? Do you think wider EVs rollout or RTs is the way to go?
In terms of EV rollout vs RT - its really a question of time. RT is highly risky - in terms of both the timing and business model. So, definitely Tesla should concentrate on EV rollout, while continuing to pursue RT, instead of going all in on risky adventures. Elon may not care about taking risks (I think it gives him a "high") but almost everyone else does. You want to take reasonable risks - not a "super drug that may or may not work" kind of risk.
Put it another way - Google didn't give up on their search / ad / youtube for Waymo.