Drivers
topic on 14 shows · 15 statements across 15 episodes
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15 statements about Drivers, every show
Pacific Fusion driver uses 156 container-sized modules delivering over 1 TW each
“For us, that driver consists of a 156 identical modules. Each of those modules produces more than a terawatt of peak power and sits in about the footprint of a shipping container and is made from oil, plastic, metal, and water.”
Khosrowshahi: Tipping Uber drivers does not impact passenger ratings
“Tip your driver, although that doesn't affect the ratings, that's just, you know, self-serving and helping our drivers.”
Zimmer: Lyft created a system for drivers to receive IPO equity
“We did something at IPO. We recreated a system for drivers to get equity.”
Milgram: Uber exploited information asymmetry by pushing non-cash costs onto drivers
“Uber was taking advantage of an information asymmetry, so they understood that a driver didn't really understand the full picture of their cost structure, and that they were making a very cash-based decision, but they were pushing a lot of those non-cash or no…”
Driver experience centers on passenger interactions, not the Uber app itself
“The thing that surprised me the most is we obsess about our app, and our app is the center of our universe. But when a passenger gets in the car, the center of the driver's universe is that interaction with the passenger. That human touch between the driver an…”
Driver tips are higher on direct restaurant orders than on delivery apps
“The driver tip also tends to be more when people are ordering directly from the restaurant, which offsets the driver costs and ends up making it higher gross margin.”
90% of early Uber drivers worked under 10 hours weekly
“For like, 90% of drivers, it's very part-time, right? Less than like, 10 hours a week.”
Emil Michael: Uber has paid roughly $100B to drivers over time
“Uber over time has probably paid a hundred billion dollars to drivers. A hundred billion dollars.”
Khosrowshahi meets with drivers as an operating rule in every city
“For me, one of the first things that I did, and now I do it as a rule whenever I go from city to city, is I meet with drivers.”
UMTRI Survey: Nearly 70% of drivers use trucks primarily for leisure
“A survey from the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute found that nearly 70% of drivers use their trucks primarily for leisure activities, and more people use trucks for outdoor recreation than for work.”
Cowan-Brown: F1 Drivers Are Weighed Before and After Every Race
“All the drivers get weighed before and after the race to make sure that level of cheating isn't happening.”
Pope: Driving is the largest U.S. profession and will be automated away
“We're going to lose the largest profession in the United States, which is driver.”
Golde: Via sets driver rates and promotions one day in advance
“So what we do is we set the rates and the promotions to our drivers in a way that we think will bring enough of those drivers At the right time enough of drivers of the right types the following day. So we actually commit a day in advance to prices, and then a…”
Harry Campbell: Rideshare drivers earn roughly 50% less than at launch
“Drivers are making probably 50% less than they were when they first started.”