Why this exists
A software studio, built in daylight.
One way to build a business is nights and weekends, around a job. The builder, who is also this car’s owner and driver, chose the other way: delivery blocks on a flexible schedule, then software, events and clients in the hours between, with the car and the numbers on a public record.
Paddock20 is a software studio. The Test Track is its proving ground, and Case 01 is one 2024 Model Y.
The data
Three questions. One car. Day 50, still running.
- How much does it cost to charge a Model Y? 41.7¢ for each kWh that reached the battery. That is 12.3¢ a mile for energy. 7.38% of the energy drawn never reaches the battery.Measured
- How much of the driving is FSD (Supervised)? 95.2% of this car's miles. FSD (Supervised) needs an attentive driver for every one of them. What it costs by the mile is a line on the Ledger.Measured
- Is a Model Y good for Uber Eats and Instacart? One driver, day by day: the charging, the delivery apps' own counts and miles, and the income by channel, slow days included.Measured
Income, worked out
On the apps' clock, this car's delivery days pay about like a $58K job.
Net dollars an hour, after payroll tax and the car's running costs, before income tax. The job counts every hour it takes: 50 hours a week on site plus a daily commute of 80 miles. This car's hours are the apps' own clock. The $25 an hour target would pay about like a $60K job.
Net dollars an hour
This car's bar pools 13 of the Record's 16 delivery days, the ones with the car's own miles; the line marks its best and worst day. The Gridwise bars use Gridwise's 2025 driver data (101,709 Uber Eats drivers, 20,538 Instacart shoppers) and a pace it does not publish, so read them as a scale, not a measurement. The job and its pay levels are examples. These are this car's days, not an average and not a promise to anyone. Every bar is modeled.
Sources: Gridwise on Uber Eats and Gridwise on Instacart.
Who this is for
Pick the one that sounds like you.
- I run a business with vans or a fleetA vehicle's cost per mile, receipt by receipt. Paddock20 builds software for service businesses.Book a Fit Call
- I'm deciding on an EVA charging bill, a battery reading and a cost per mile, from one car.Run your numbers
- I drive gigsThinking about a Model Y for delivery work? One driver's pay and miles, day by day, beside the car's own numbers.Open the Record
- I serve EV owners, back events or host a showTell us what you would want measured: detailing, chargers, insurance, accessories, events, a show.Say hello
- I'm following along, or I know someone who should see thisA page for every week, built from the car's own numbers, and a feed to follow it.Read Field Notes
How it stays honest
Measured, modeled or stated.
- Measured
- From the car, a document or an app's own screen.
- Modeled
- Worked out from measured figures.
- Stated
- The owner's word, with no document behind it.
The build fails rather than publish a figure that cannot be sourced, so the unflattering numbers stay: depreciation, charge loss, cold range. A figure that changes later carries a dated correction. If a company gives Paddock20 something to use, or a link pays Paddock20, the page says so beside it. FSD (Supervised) is driver assistance and needs an attentive driver.
Sources include the carmaker's invoices and TezLab. An independent record kept by Paddock20. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by the carmaker, TezLab, Uber, Instacart or Gridwise. Product names are their owners' marks.
Work with Paddock20
Talk to the builder.
Paddock20 is built for service businesses outgrowing their software. A Fit Call is 60 to 90 minutes with the builder, and you leave with a written build order: what we'd build, what it costs, how long it takes. Yours to keep either way.
Hosting a podcast, running an event or making something for EV owners? Say hello.
Ready to talk now? Book a Fit Call.