After announcing its ‘Clean Air Plan’ in October last year, Uber has officially launched the program in London last week. Uber London charges a so-called ’15-pence-per-mile clean air fee’ aimed to help drivers to upgrade their car to battery-electric vehicles. Considering a 40 hours work week, it might take up to three years for a driver to actually being able to upgrade its car. However, Uber expects the fee ‘to raise more than 200 million GBP ($260 million USD) to support drivers buying EVs and comes with London starting to up the ante in its efforts to curb climate change and air pollution’.
Uber’s goal to only use fully electric cars by 2025 in London is stated to be extremely ambitious. It is not the first time ride hailing services have made environmental commitments: both Uber and Lyft partner with cities to reach their environmental goals. Read more about it here.
