tandempower

A simple way to think about ride/drive-share is as follows:

Take the price per hour of a car-share, e.g. $10/hour.

Now take the pay rate per hour for driving for a ride-share platform: e.g. $18/hour

The difference is $8/hour, so let's say that is how much you can expect if you ride/drive for an hour of ride/drive sharing on your way somewhere.

Now let's say you're lending your car into the system when you're not driving/riding in it: now you make $18/hour minus whatever the other driver gets paid, i.e. $8/hour.

Now let's say you just want a ride but you don't want to drive: you pay regular ride-share rates.

Now let's say you ride halfway with another driver, who gets out and you have to take over driving for the 2nd half of your ride: you would pay for the ride for the first half and then you would make $8/hour as a ride/driver for the 2nd half, assuming someone else was riding. Otherwise, you'd also have to pay as the rider. So in that case, the $8/hour would come as a discount from off your ride-share fee.

Simple, right?