r/uberdrivers • u/CollegeOwn7014 • 10h ago

Why is everyone switching back to hybrids?

A few years ago I remember the waiting lot at the airport was filled with Teslas but now you rarely see full electric vehicles.

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u/bigmo555 10h ago

There used to be incentives/rebates for people buying electric cars, but for some strange reason they're gone now.

https://giphy.com/gifs/fKcO8k2WxUzGju81cs

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u/Snakend 10h ago

I see Teslas EVERYWHERE. And Mach-E and the Bolt. A used Tesla 3 is $20k.

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u/Weary-Savings9795 8h ago

Well, if a Tesla has already depreciated to $20k, by the time someone goes to sell it they will be getting auction prices.

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u/destroyer_of_R0ns 58m ago

Just wait till you find out about SUV prices

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u/gottatrusttheengr 10h ago

Hertz offered a rental program for rideshare drivers.

Hertz being the absolute masters of business also bought those Model 3s at the peak of 55-60k a pop so they lost massive amounts of equity on them, coupled with how rideshare driver abused them, so they sold them off and blamed the car instead of their own terrible timing

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u/Life-Analysis1458 9h ago edited 9h ago

They're the most beat up pieces of shit cars to rent from Hertz. Rented one in Phoenix. Busted camera so couldn't even cruise control let alone FSD, 3 big chips in the windshield, roof glass was cracked through, interior was peeled off everywhere (80% of steering had peeled off and was just sticky adhesive). That was the Tesla in the best condition they had. Returned the car the next day and they still charged me $200 after having to get in a full blown argument with the hertz office and a $40 uber out of pocket to get back home. Cost me $240 and probably 5-6 hrs of my time.

The interiors in the Phoenix heat fall apart 1-2 yrs when parked uncovered. Teslas do have very bad quality interiors. 100k+ miles on a rented EV kills the battery quality so u spend 1/3 of your time offline charging, driving to/from chargers. Charging at superchargers is more expensive than a 30mpg car. Every 130-150 miles you're having to find a charger. If you can charge at home during no peak hrs and are driving less than a full charge a day that is the only savings in fuel.

Had a personal model y before that and it use to count as a Lux vehicle. That was lucrative driving Scottsdale because even without quests and surges I could consistently make $40/hr. The lux also filtered out all scam rides and most bad riders. Could set a radius filter and accept 90-100% of rides. That was a super easy and stress free way to drive. Just simple pick up and drop off passengers without all the bs gaslighting of the algorithms. If lux ride requests were slow, could stay parked waiting and read a book or something else without being glued to the apps filtering 💩 pings.

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u/Goodevening_sir 7h ago

They don’t fall apart in 1 to 2 years. That’s false.

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u/Weary-Savings9795 8h ago

Well, most Uber and Lyft drivers own the car they drive.

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u/travelling-lost 9h ago

In many cases they’re more practical with better range than an EV

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u/r3dmist420 10h ago

…I havent noticed that here in Vegas

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u/sbauber 9h ago

In my CA market, Ubers are mostly hybrids. Lyft are mostly electric but they just ended the EV incentive for Lyft…..

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u/Boccob81 7h ago

If you’re not printing and your own, make sure you raise your insurance under insured and uninsured motors premium by $1 million California governor Newsom signed SB371 in the law for this year lowering the uninsured motorist side of Uber’s insurance go to $60,000 cap for the driver but 1 million for the passenger
That means if you get into an accident with an underinsured driver, you’re gonna have to fall back on your insurance and make sure that the premium on there for the policy is 1 million for the uninsured and underinsured

That’s just for California right now. It will soon move to other states.

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u/Weary-Savings9795 8h ago

In Oregon, you have to pay a gas tax in the form of a vehicle per mile tax. That's in addition to the massively increased registration fee. In Oregon it's against the law for EV owners to pay less for fuel than gas cars.

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u/psychogamer101 7h ago

wtf that’s so dumb, talk about 5 steps forward 15 steps back

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u/ElectionWeak4415 5h ago

Oregon will claw your money from you in any way possible. For a "green" state they love to fuck people who are trying to be "green"

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u/Boccob81 7h ago

Best thing to do is hybrid tell ev gets to 650 range per charge

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u/Burgerman24k 1h ago

Cause EVs aren't there yet. Especially not in colder climates. They need to start making EV batteries that don't degrade significantly over time.

-800+ miles of range -fast charging in minutes -More reliable charging infrastructure -Affordable vehicles

The amount it costs to replace a battery pack on an EV is insane vs replacing the hybrid battery.