I drove 32,000 Miles for Uber and Lyft with a Chevy Bolt - Here's How an Electric Car Holds Up!
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- Have you ever wondered what it’s like to drive an all-electric vehicle for Uber or Lyft? Is it even possible, and does it make financial sense? RSG contributor Gabe Ets-Hokin answers these questions and more.
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I wonder if he realizes there's a dude in the back seat.... oh that's his buddy! - thank God!
If I was going to use my car for ride sharing I would get those weather tech seat covers and floor mats, it would help keep the interior clean.
I drove the bolt for a week, I loved it but I was anxious about finding charging stations all the time.
Drive Girl Drive Me too! 😬🙋♀️
I drive a 2019 Ioniq EV for Uber in Melbourne Australia. 28,000 klm in 9 months, I recharge after 200klm or about 8 hours driving.
Hazel, very nice to drive, I enjoy talking to riders about the car. After 20 months and no problems. Works best to charge while eating.
Luggage
Room?
How confortable are you with the range?
Do you do 12h shifts? Do you charge your car at home?
Which app do you use along with the OBD adapter? I would like to monitor the battery capacity.
Good video
Bob is cool
If you would be in Quebec Canada depending on your monthly usage the price is 6 to 9 cents a kwh CANADIAN so figure 5 to 7 cents us. A real joke plus we get 13000 $ back no question I got myself a bolt and Love that car. Every morning I get all exited to drive it to work. Just hope it will last a long time.
Chevy needs to pay this guy for an Ad. :)
Now we need powerbank for EVs
40,000 miles. No sqawcks or gripes. Just nails and screws in the road!
Your video is on the electric car channel found on the roku 3.
That is one tall dude in the back. He is also known as Motorcycle Bob. Tell him for your next video to not stare into the camera. LyneisFilm (also a Chevy Bolt owner).
So where else should he look at?
Out the window, at the back of the driver's head, just not directly into the camera. Don't take it too seriously.
Do you ever worry about running out of charge while working longer shifts? What about charge time not being long enough. For instance working friday night and then being on the road saturday is there enough time for a full charge?
It's 8 hours to charge from 10% to 100 if you have a 240-volt charger. So if you get in a 2am you should be gtg to drive the walk of shame girls home at 10.
Uber drivers don't make enough money to afford full electric cars. At least if that's their only gig, we can't afford garages to charge the things in either.
You can buy a cheap used EV nowadays, especially in California. Electricity is cheaper than gas, EVs also have minimal maintenance and less moving parts. If you have good credit, you can get a low interest loan from Credit Unions.
@@nxp22 It's possible but not with the laughable so called incentives Lyft and Uber run. I've made an easy $200 off of 2 rides with a good long surge ride at one point a couple years ago. Basically impossible now, especially with the pandemic crap going on.
I am about to buy a used Prius to do uber in. I haven’t owned a gas car in 20 yrs. Just motorcycles & bicycles. I really want to get a full EV but i can’t afford a Tesla right now...and I am about to sell my house so imwill be totally dependent on fast charging stations...which aren’t too common out here on Long Island NY yet. It’s doable. But i am a little nervous about doing uber in an EV without a home base right now. So my thinking is...get a used Prius with a 50 mile range. Drive that for a couple years working & doing uber...and then by 2023 get a full EV. I can’t lease a Tesla and do uber...i would get killed at the end of the lease with mile penalties. Anyway, this is the plan. But i so cannot wait to go full EV. Lol. .... just made me think of the movie Tropic Thunder. 😂 I still am thinking about getting a Leaf and doing it. Do uber all day....into the night. Then find a fast charger and charge for an hour...go home and do the whole thing over the next day. I think if i keep my miles at about 150 per day max...maybe mixing uber with grubhub since the food delivery apps use less miles....maybe its doable now. Still crunching the numbers.
How's this Chevy bolt for cold cities?
What type of Uber do you do with this car??
Nice
This dude looks like Chandler from FRIENDS. or is that him LOL
I used to get that more when I was younger!
You actually get level 1 *and* level 2 with the car. You can plug the stock EVSE into 240vac as it is the same EVSE for Europe and North America.
A used Bolt or a used Prius to drive in San Francisco? My main concern is going up and down the hills with 1-3 passengers. The Prius cost about 40% less upfront, 10k (60-70k miles) vs 25k (25-30k miles) for a Bolt. I drive about 150-200 miles a day (50k / year). I'm assuming gas will cost about $15-20 a day on a Prius with about 37 mil per gallon, which is about 5k annually. Assuming both cars last 3 years without major issues with battery or engine the Bolt will save me 15k on gas alone. Thoughts?
Correct..
My 2021 Bolt cost 27,300, love it.
Is there a big difference in your PG&E bill?
For sure! About $130 a month! But that gets me 3,000 miles: that would cost $420 in gas.
I hear a lot of complaints about the 2017 and 2018 seats as far as their (lack of) comfort. Your thoughts?
Yeah, they're shitty! I bought a $30 cushion on Amazon and it's tolerable, but if you have a bigger butt than me you might not be happy.
Unless you are under 120lbs. It will be the most uncomfortable car seat you will ever sit in.
I am actually really enjoying the seat backing part of the driver seat in the 2019 Bolt Premium edition. Perhaps it's just me, but I'm finding it not as horribly uncomfortable as I was expecting from other reviews on the seating.
@@christopherkusek9181 the LT trim Bolts have poor quality seats (mine is 17')
My friend remodeled the sits.. Great now
So on a $5 ride you profit $.027 instead of $0.15. math is great.
I have about 50k miles in my 2017 Bolt for rideshare. I think Chevy should pay me to be their Electric Educator for the general public. 70% of passengers ask a full gamut of Q's.
What kind of miles do you get driving uber? Are you making more than epa? Is that expected? I drive uber using a gas xl vehicle but I get 16-18 mpg so I'm dying with gas charges.
@@gamergeek8933Pretty cool is that I own both the Bolt and XL (Toyota mini van) so I can switch out depending on multiple factors. In general, I try not to drive the XL if I think I'll receive close to zero XL requests. If I'm in the XL and no surging is happening I'll turn on "XL only" and if I make it home with no requests then I'll switch out to Bolt. If I'm planning on 12+hrs and 400+ miles for a session then I'll just stick to XL.
@@gamergeek8933 in TX at my house it costs me $5 to "fill up" my Bolt. In summer working the TCU area (no highway runs) I get 230+ miles. In the winter doing airport runs (mostly highway) I get 170 miles or less. Electricity cost approx .09 cents per kw.
@@hgodtx thanks for the detailed info! If I traded my car in I could still technically xl in my wifes car but only about 10% of my rides are even xl. I think with a used bolt I could get the same payment or less and I think income would hardly drop but I'd spend less in fuel. If the numbers you are saying are correct I'd have to probably fast charge once or twice. I do 300-400 miles a day and live over 30 miles from the city. For instance Friday was slow and I drove 460 miles. The nice thing is no speed limit is over 60mph. I mainly only do that on the weekends. Weekday driving in a bolt would be great. I usually only work a couple of hours. Tesla is to expensive to me,even with the added range. I have been considering a mach-e but I might stick with mine until I can get an xl electric suv.
@@hgodtx how many hours a day can you work on a full charge?
How many miles do you get at 80% of charge I’m looking into getting a Bolt? Thank you
....what is 238 x .8 ? Range is only an epa estimate because it depends on how you drive and the driving conditions, if you run ac, etc. Should be around 190 miles.
Does GM honor the warranty if you use it for rideshare?
Yes.
I drove my 2015 Nissan Altima for 2 1/2 years and put over 145000 miles on it and the only problem I've had with it since has cost me $250.
I can drive to Vegas and halfway back in it on 1 tank, try that.
Definitely.. have to weight your time.. vs cost . And savings.
From the Info I've seen.. a bolt will take about 2hrs and 45 min of charging for that 10 HR round trip drive .
But you have to figure the cost.. vs time.. and make the right choice for you.
Personally if I'm talking about money.. if buy a used Prius, at least for now.
I can do that trip using just over one 12 gallon tank.. at 40+45 mpg.
Your Nissan Altima used about $15,000 in fuel. Funny how people never factor in the fuel cost.
How much you payed per charge??
My question is do you charge it when,your out and about driving for uber or lyft and if so do you go to a fast charging station? Are the fast charge expensive to use?
I drive a Nissan leaf and charge about ~13kWh for about $5.50 for 25 minutes of DC Fast Charging
In general, I Super Charge (Level 3) it for 15-30mins to try and allow me to finish a shift. If I give 15 rides and a few of them are mild highway runs no problem. If I do 3 long highway runs at 70mph+ I drive home and switch out to my gas car. Or grab a 50 minute meal near a super charger.
Reupload?
Pico accidentally posted it last week whoops :)
How is the ride? Almost seems like you two were getting bounced around a lot on that trip. Plus, I consider the Bolt a compact car - does it have a "compact car ride"? You know, feel every bump, loud on the road at high speeds, etc.?
Well, it's not a luxury car for sure. But it's comparable to the Ford CMax (Focus variant) I used to drive. I think it's not too noisy at speed, but louder than the CMax at 70 mph.
@@GabrielEtsHokin The ride? Is it rough like a compact? I know it's not a luxury ride and my question is clearly subjective. My wife drives a 2012 Civic and I think that's a pretty smooth car for a compact. To me, a rough ride is one that you feel like you are feeling every little bump in the road. Small bumps are felt and bigger bumps cause you to hang onto your hat!
@@andy164501 No, not at all like an inexpensive compact car. It's pretty heavy and has a pretty long wheelbase, so no, you don't feel jounces and bumps like you would in a smaller car like a Civic.
@@GabrielEtsHokin Excellent feedback. Thank you.
(BTW, the Civic EX isn't an inexpensive compact! Now, a Hyndai Accent? You get BEAT UP driving that one!)
@@GabrielEtsHokin I’m renting this car and it’s the most bumpy jerky car I’ve ever driven
The car is nice and if you can be a little bit more patience, we are all getting there with a full electric car from all car manufacturers and with that, the biggest problem on charging the batteries at the present time is going to be so simple and even more accessible. But overall as a point of view of a rideshare driver, I don't see any logical reason for $40,000 investment in a car like this with putting all important factors in one place. It's a waste of money while I would recommend it for personal usage if someone can afford it.
Lol... if your job is driving electric is probably not a waste of money... I drive part time and I spend $160+ a week in gas. A full time driver could easily spend $400+ a week.
I've got 292k on my Prius... The batteries work fine.. still all original.
Your losing your ass on that car if your gonna sell it at 150k.. that like 3 years for me at my usage.
It IS a nice car though.. I would definitely buy a Bolt.. if it was cheaper and could charge a bit quicker...
Maybe once more hit the used market for cheap.. I'll consider it.
I just bought a 2017 for around 25K. We love it so far.
@@MrCoolguy80
Nice.. been looking around. They are starting to show up more for decent prices.
Also.. the last Electrify America station is going online in a couple weeks.
That fills the gap for my regular travels..
Charging speed is still a bit slow.. vs some new choices.
But if could find one for a good price. Probably be worth it.
Can you charge it at home?
Of course you can.
Do you still have car?
I would " Never, " use a new car for Uber...ever. I live in Conroe, Texas and have no charging stations here. Taking 9hrs. for a full charge is nuts. I can drive easy over 200 miles a day. Just saw this clip is old and Uber revoked any promises since than.
Wrong. You have lots of charge stations. The closest is 10 miles away and there are dozens in Houston, which is where you would make the most money driving. You also live in a house with electricity. Oh wait...you live in Texas, so I guess your Libertarian-inspired power grid means you can't depend on having electricity. NM.
How much does it cost to charge at a charging station?
At current rates.. like evgo fast charging about the same as gas cost
@@jollygreen4662 wrong the total cost are usually 4$ in total depending on the battery.
Since they charge around .11 cents per kilowatt.
@@gadbenezer9329 varies from state to state. Some states charges more like in NY
@@jollygreen4662 false,
Bolt is not capable of level 3 charging since that's 150kW+ and Bolt only tops out at 55 kW. I think you mean level 2 DC. Bolt does not slow down due to fire hazard since it has active cooled battery. Slowdown is just because GM programmed it so. Nissan Leaf and VW eGolf are two cars that slow down due to heat since they don't have any cooling on battery.
Chevy SparkEV the slow down improves the battery life I believe
Nobody calls that level 2. Level 2 is using a 240v AC connector in your garage.
Any DC fast charger is considered Level 3.
But your right the bolt is a bit slow..at 50kw.
@@kens97sto171 Standards committee must be nobody since that's the terminology used in standard. Lots of misinformation that DCFC of any kind is level 3, but that isn't the case. There is also level 3 AC, I wonder what people will call that when (if) it comes out.
@@mychevysparkevdidntcatchfi1489
Don't care what some Govt committee calls it.. everyone else calls public DCFC level 3.
And 240v ac charging level 2.
One give 20-30mph charging, the other give 80+. Big different between those.. which is why everyone calls it Level 3.
@@kens97sto171 Standards is consortium of private companies who define what level 1, 2, 3 should mean, nothing to do with government. But what will you call level 3 AC when it comes?
Gayback Hookings???
You racked up all those miles on a 30,000-40,000$ car for those clowns. What a shame!! F Lyft & Uber!!
In the time I drove for Lyft and Uber with that Bolt, they lost money on me. And then I sold it back to GM for exactly what I paid for it, netting over $30/hour after expenses. So who's the sucker? Not me.
This guy looks way too much like a typical taxi driver...Good info on the car though...
Greg Ruhland Deepsilver: What’s wrong with cab drivers, I’ve been doing it for 27 years
I’ve helped out hundreds of elderly and frail passengers (probably the parents and grandparents of the young Uber customers)I’ve done a respectable living without long-hauling or cheating people (bought a house 4 blocks from the beach
served in the military 4 years
I’ve worked honorably in this business on call for 110 hours a week for 27 years I don’t see why if the guy looks like a Cab Driver what’s wrong with the Cab Driver
Did you watch the Hollywood movies that have influenced your opinion or this based on your real experiences with Cab Drivers
I’m just curious, thanks
I don’t see what’s wrong with us?
Most likely the biggest mistake ever.
Way too much money for this egg 👎🏻💩
No offense but Chevy makes really shitty cars.