Doordash has a gasoline rewards program aimed toward serving to supply drivers mitigate the excessive price of gas. While it’s higher than nothing, it’s extra sophisticated and presumably much less impactful than the gas surcharges not too long ago added by Uber and Lyft.

Beginning on March seventeenth, drivers for Doordash will have the ability to obtain 10% cashback on gasoline purchases, although provided that they’re enrolled within the firm’s personal DasherDirect Visa playing cards. On prime of that, drivers who drive a certain quantity of miles per week will qualify for weekly gasoline rewards, starting from $5 to $15 per week. Unlocking the $5 low cost requires drivers to finish no less than 100 miles price of journeys in every week. Drivers who complete greater than 225 miles price of journeys will earn a $15 weekly bonus. Some Dashers simply soar previous that—Gridwise that the common courier on the platform traveled anyplace from 75 to 290 miles per day—however others have in latest weeks on account of rising gasoline costs. One by a Dasher confirmed her earnings amounted to roughly $6 an hour after deducting the worth of gasoline.

Like most supply platforms like Instacart and UberEats, Doordash drivers are answerable for gas prices and the upkeep and care of their automobile. But earnings can range tremendously per week due fluctuating demand, how a lot clients select to tip and gasoline prices. When gasoline costs are excessive, drivers usually need to do a cost-benefit evaluation on the fly, as TheRideShareGuy .

Both Uber and Lyft not too long ago gasoline surcharges as a way to account for top gas costs — which in contrast to DoorDash opted to move the extra expense onto clients. Uber drivers will obtain anyplace from $0.45 to $0.55 a visit. A 2019 examine by Uber ex-chief economist John List discovered that the common Uber driver makes every week. This quantities to roughly an additional $13.50 per week to assist with gasoline. While not insignificant, the additional earnings could not do a lot to offset the prices of in states like California the place the common has crept as much as $6 a gallon.