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More importantly, how many _American_ cars will be put on the road by Uber and Lyft? I think I've taken my share of Uber rides and I can't recall any that were in a domestic car. The drivers are obviously very sensitive to the economics and they are all driving Toyotas.

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In Seattle Uber/Lyft drivers drive 95% Toyota Priuses. High gas mileage == you can actually make a profit in the job.

This hasn’t been my experience at all, unless you mean airport pickups, which indeed is mainly priuses due to regulations by the airport. However, for regular trips in town, you rarely get to ride a prius (because they are too busy serving these profitable airport routes)

95% is a bit of an exaggeration, it's more like 30-40% inclusive of ALL Hybrids including the Prius. The one factor you're missing here is that many drivers consider a somewhat expensive non-hybrid luxury vehicle as an investment because they're able to solicit higher tips.

Depending on the model in question, a "foreign" car might be manufactured in Tennessee, or an "American" car in Canada or Mexico. The old labels are becoming somewhat meaningless.

Yeah but we’re talking about actual Detroit I think. Their interests lie in particular makes.

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