Much has been written contrasting Uber's promise that drivers can make $90,000 a year with how much the ride-sharing company's drivers are really making. Not much has been written, however, about how much drivers earn working for Lyft, an on-demand car service similar to Uber. Lyft says its drivers can make $35 an hour. Vox editor Timothy Lee decided to conduct an experiment to see how much he could make. After a week, Lee had driven 54 passengers and made $596. His earnings came to about $10.50 an hour.