DORAL – Gas prices nonetheless appear to be going up. That has many asking after they would possibly come down once more, particularly those that work in rideshare and food delivery.
CBS4 met a few drivers on a visit to and again from the Miami airport from the WFOR-TV studios in Doral.
The first driver was Alejandro Tapia.
“I export disposable medical devices,” he defined.
Rideshare driving is a facet hustle. But Tapia instructed CBS4 the pandemic drove revenue down, so he began to rely extra on driving.
“If it’s not cost effective for me, I’ll just stop doing Uber,” he defined.
For Tapia, the value of gas has already exceeded what he desires to spend, so he appeared right into a program to drive a Tesla.
“I was going to rent it,” he stated.
Since it is a versatile facet hustle, Tapia is prepared to strive it out, however the frustration is there.
“I work, I pay taxes, I just want the government to do what is necessary for the economy to keep going because I believe we’re going to a hyperinflation and maybe a depression,” Tapia stated.
The dialog needed to finish there because the journey ended.
On the best way again, we met Qingsong Wong. Driving, for now, is his foremost supply of revenue.
“It’s full time for me,” he stated.
Two years in the past, he was a truck driver based mostly out of New York.
“I crossed country in one week,” he stated.
The lengthy hours on the street and time away from household turned him to rideshare companies. Now gas prices have him questioning if this can work out. With gas hitting $5 a gallon, CBS4 requested if it is probably not value it within the close to future.
“I’m not really sure,” he replied. “I start around 10 and I will be finished around 9.”
What could assistance is that he drives a hybrid van. He can drive virtually two days with out filling up – although gas prices have been already excessive earlier than he switched to the hybrid.
“Before, one day, almost $70.”
Even with gas surcharges to riders, it isn’t making a lot of a dent on the skyrocketing gas prices.
“For now, we have to drive more hours before,” Wong defined.
That’s what he had hoped to keep away from when he modified from being a truck driver. So, like many, he hopes gas prices will come again down.
