In order to add more electric vehicles to its fleet, there is an option for users to select those vehicles. The Comfort Electric option is being offered in 15 more cities. There are 25 cities and states in North America.
There is an even bigger goal at play, according to CBS News’ senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy.
If a driver doesn’t have an electric vehicle by then, they won’t be able to use the platform.
He said that they wanted to be fully electric in the US, Canada and Europe.
Is a gas-powered vehicle allowed on your platform? “Tracy, what do you think?”
If we are doing our job, we will be all-electric.
The largest source of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in the United States is transportation.
The company is trying to encourage its drivers to switch to electric vehicles.
They are expensive. The average cost of an electric vehicle is $60,000. The cost for its drivers is one of the reasons why the company plans to spend 800 million dollars.
Drivers are getting a dollar for every EV trip they make and the company is giving them discounts on charging. Drivers will be able to rent out their cars on a weekly or monthly basis with the help of a partnership between the two companies.
Mallissa Gilgen has been renting a red car for the last few months.
She said she makes $200 more per week driving the car than she does in California.
$200 a week is what it adds up to. That is a week’s worth of groceries for me and my family.
She said she has been getting more tips from drivers and getting less cancellation with the rented car.
The Comfort Electric option is not the cheapest on the platform and sometimes it takes longer to find a driver. The cheaper and quicker it will become once they get more EV drivers on the app.
The more electric cars we have in a market, the quicker the waiting time will come down and the lower the prices will be.
The company is on the right path despite the fact that there is still a lot of work to be done.
He said that most of the work was not behind them.
By next year, the company plans to have 50,000 EV vehicles.
The first one was published on September 15, 2022.
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