Uber's Path to Zero Emissions

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Rideshare companies have been pursuing zero-emissions for a few years now, battling back and forth to be the first fully “zero-emissions mobility platform”. Recently, Lyft released new incentives to help drivers make the switch to EV’s and yesterday, Uber shared an update on their zero-emissions progress.

The following takeaways are from Uber’s 2022 Climate Assessment and Performance Report:

• On average, more than 37,000 zero emission vehicle (ZEV) drivers a month are actively using Uber’s app in the US, Canada, and Europe. That’s a fourfold increase since the same period a year prior. 
• ZEV drivers in the US, Canada, and Europe* completed more than 19.4 million trips free of tailpipe-emissions on the Uber app – approximately 4.5 times higher than the same period a year ago.
• 7.1% of all on-trip mileage in Europe* and 4.1% of all on-trip mileage in the US and Canada were completed by ZEV drivers. That represents year-over-year growth of 3.6 percentage points. 
• ZEV uptake by drivers using Uber’s app is now 5x and 8x higher than that of drivers in the general population in Europe and the US respectively. 

Along with these updates, Uber also shared a few new products to help continue their zero-emissions momentum. Now, Uber drivers can track their own emissions through the app and may even start to see some dividends through a newly released policy.

On Uber’s Newsroom they state, “While we have much more work to do to get to zero-emissions, our 2022 report shows we’re on our way. Getting there won’t be easy and we can’t do it alone. Climate is a team sport and we’re in it together. We look forward to working with policymakers, climate experts, EV industry leaders and many others to meaningfully reduce the environmental impact of trips taken on our app and help create healthier, more liveable urban environments.”

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