Uber now offers EV rides in 25 cities

Uber has expanded its Consolation Electrical service “nationwide” to 24 US cities, letting customers request rides in all-electric autos just like the Tesla Model 3, Polestar 2 and Ford Mustang Mach-E. It additionally expanded to Vancouver in British Columbia, which has the highest sales rate of zero-emission autos in North America.

Consolation Electrical launched final Might in a number of cities as a part of the Uber Comfort service. That permits riders to request additional legroom and different high-end options for a 20-40 p.c premium over Uber X journeys. It is separate from the Uber Inexperienced service, which provides drivers an additional charge for electrified autos. Uber Inexperienced allows both EVs and hybrids, although, whereas Consolation Electrical is proscribed to EVs.

Uber stated that its partnership with Hertz “helped pave the way in which for the enlargement of Consolation Electrical, with greater than 25,000 drivers renting a Tesla.” Final 12 months, Hertz announced that it could order 100,000 Teslas, and shortly afterwards, stated it could make as much as 50,000 of these out there for lease solely to Uber ridesharing drivers within the US.

The service is now out there in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore-Maryland, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Connecticut, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New Jersey, NYC Suburbs, Philadelphia, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St Louis, Vancouver (Canada) and Washington, DC — up from 11 cities beforehand.

The enlargement appears to be like like a small step in Uber’s aim of changing into a zero-emissions platform within the US and Canada by 2030. It has promised to spend $800 million to assist drivers transition to all-electric autos by 2025. California will require ride-hailing companies to be all-electric by 2030, and different states like New York additionally plan to ban gross sales of gas-burning vehicles. 

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