Compare three business pathways using your own fleet size, dates and cost assumptions. These are planning scenarios, not established performance or promised investment returns.
Choose your fleet model
Choose a pathway, set the number of cars, then adjust the assumptions below. The graph and figures update here immediately.
Operating margin = (sales − operating expenses) ÷ sales. A 20% margin means $80 of operating expenses and $20 of operating earnings for every $100 of sales. Include insurance, energy, cleaning, maintenance, labor, parking, platform fees and administration in your expense assumption. This measure excludes depreciation, debt payments, income taxes and replacement capital.
Cumulative cash scenario
Operating earnings less debt payments and replacement reserves, before income taxes and owner distributions.
Sales: money earned by the fleet. Enter business revenue, excluding sales taxes, refundable deposits and merchant funds passed through to others.
Operating earnings: sales less the operating costs represented by your margin assumption. A positive margin does not establish a positive investment return.
Available cash scenario: operating earnings less full debt payments and the replacement reserve. Loan principal reduces cash but is not an operating expense.
Capital and owner returns: acquisition costs, down payments, taxes, charging setup, working capital, actual replacement purchases and distributions need a separate funding plan.
A constant fleet and annual revenue are assumed from day one. No ramp-up, growth, inflation, downtime or residual resale value is modeled. A reserve is planned cash set aside, not an accounting expense or an actual vehicle replacement schedule. The purchase budget is not deducted from the chart: financing and initial cash contributions are unspecified. Long horizons require a vehicle renewal plan. This tool does not calculate investor ROI, valuation or loan payoff.
