[pinaceae]

ass backwards. you want the next bn dollar idea?

while I am at work, my car sits in the parking lot of the building for 8-10hours, unused.

i don't want to be a lyft/uber driver. i want MY CAR to work for uber/lyft in its off hours. have a driver pick it up in the morning at the office, then return it when i want to get home (full gas tank and cleaned car for an extra fee).

someone takes this and get rich.

[jordanthoms]

Most of the cost is in the driver and driver recruitment, not the car. An additional car which isn't available at rush hour and has to be driven back to a specified point when you need it (and the driver is then going to need to get another ride to get to their next car) probably isn't worth much at all.

[rhino369]

Do the math on how much it would cost for you to just uber in and out of work every day.

[findjashua]

V2G (vehicle-to-grid) aims to solve that problem. You plug in your electric car into an outlet in the parking lot, and sell the electricity to the grid at peak prices, and buy it back overnight at off-peak prices.

Though I don't know how profitable it would be once you factor in the reduction in battery life, and the energy lost between charging and discharging the battery.

[001sky]

awesome idea, certainly a taxi-medalion that was portable in nyc could be a godsend to people who don't want to do opposite side parking.

Also, places with a lot of vacation or second homes would be a candidate if they keep a second car/suv etc there.

I'd worry that there is not enough of the right kind of demand tho. Most people are not getting taxis during mid-day. And the people who work professionally have different needs for layout and might be too harsh on your gear.

There is a reason you cannot lease a pickup at any reasonable rate (unlike, say a BMW or Mercedes). The lack of use during the day is priced into the latter, and priced out of the former (would be used/abused with low and unpredictable residual).

[cylinder]

how is someone going to get to your workplace to pickup the car (assuming you are talking about a suburban office park and not a CBD/downtown)

[Gravityloss]

A friend of mine interviewed for a van-deliverer job very many years ago. He would put a bicycle into the van, drive the van to the customer, ride the bike back to the depot and pick the next van and repeat. The customer would drive with the van for the day. Then the reverse in the evening.

[jlees]

Another coworker might well value having it to run errands. But yes, having a Lyft style driver use it for the day is less viable.