My 2017 Bolt Rideshare Vehicle.. still looking great after 110,000 miles

jefro said:

Do you make any money on the deal? Don't EV cars get a lower rate on the fare?

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Morning jefro .. Actually for about 10 Months were (ev drivers) were paid a $1 bonus per ride . Back to regular rates now. I think they realized it costs me $8 to drive 250 miles and it costs the ICE driver $25$30$45 depending on thier vehicle (even prius driver)

BTW.. Almost 129,000 Miles on Now

Packard V8 said:

Sorry I touched a nerve there. Obviously, you feel you're being taken advantage of. Uber's business model from Day One has been to offload all the expenses onto the drivers. If enough complain about the missing benefits, maybe things could change; good luck.

jack vines

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Problem is too many drivers want to turn it into a JOB instead of a Gig. It's really good just as it is for most drivers. you can easily make $200 Net ...especially driving EV. That would be a normal income , then you have drivers that are nuts working all day and night trying to pull in $800 + a day. You can make as much or as little as you want...it's really up to the driver. Then you have drivers that have no clue, no sense or skill in dealing with the public, their customers and do nothing but ***** and moan


Every Birthday=Off , Every Holiday=offf, everytime your sick=off work...you just dont feel like working.. dont fell sick=your off work.

For working people thats a benefit that money cant buy

VoltoBolt said:

As of my last drive on Tuesday here in California, I was still receiving the "Uber Green" payment of $1 per ride, which is no longer charged to the Rider. A recent message from Uber indicated that they stopped charging the rider, as an acknowledgement that Zero Emission vehicles should be supported by Uber.

OneEV: Do you see any capacity degradation on your EV battery with these miles?

My passengers love the PowaPod; thanks for the suggestion!

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after 114K miles I had roughly 6% degradation. Have my new battery couple 3 months or so and ar 128+ K total miles now. getting 265-285 City and maybe 20% highway

LDB415 said:

How, when and where do you work charging into an Uber day? How does it affect your overall time window of the day?

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Now that it's summer I dont need to stop I am getting 270 Miles + range.. winter on the other hand is a pain in the backside ..days with 130 miles range ..It's to the point that it' simply not worth my time to sit and charger at 20-30kW in the winter ... I worked 4 hors max and call it a day.

Looks like the Blazer/Equinox will be getting 300+ miles range and more importantly MOST LIKELY 800 volt charging sytem, that will make even winter charging tolerable

VoltoBolt said:

What did you mean by "maybe 20% highway?"

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about 20% of my range was from hwy driving...

VoltoBolt said:

How is your PowaPod working out?

Mine, the iPhone wire has stopped charging and I notice that neither PowaPod directly or Amazon are shipping them for now.

I wrote PowaPod an email, but I am not too confident they will have a good solution.

Amazon is carrying another knockoff and I may just have to buy that one!

BTW: My new battery improves my range from about 220 miles to 270 and it is just the right sweet spot for my Uber driving; no longer needing DCFC topoffs.

Except yesterday when I had a personal high of 330 miles in one day and I stopped for 25 minutes at an EVGo when down to about 27%.

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Powapod Working great.. my first one died after a year . Passengers love it right !
Yep..summer range was great upto 280 miles in the City ..no DCFC other than a handful of times ...thats all changed the past Month Now it seems like I'm always out searching for WORKING DCFC