Uber plans to electrify uberX in London by 2019, entire city fleet by 2025
Government edicts always cost consumers money
I can just see all these EV Uber drivers running out of juice during a ride and waiting in lines for hours to get their car topped up (30 minutes vs 5 minutes to gas up a car)...
"A recent study finds that UberX drivers are 50 percent more efficient than taxi drivers in terms of passengers per miles driven. Due to better technology and other factors, Uber is able to cut down not only on the time wasted when drivers cruise the streets without a passenger, but also on the gasoline wasted when this happens. Isn’t it strange, then, that the Quebec government reacted to this gasoline-saving transportation service by seizing Uber vehicles and slapping Uber drivers with fines to get them off the roads – all the while subsidizing electric and hybrid vehicles to the tune of up to $8,000 each, ostensibly to encourage more fuel-efficient transportation? "