{"id":1123194,"date":"2023-03-30T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T10:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1123194"},"modified":"2023-03-30T06:00:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T10:00:55","slug":"uber-adds-14-new-cities-to-its-ev-rideshare-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1123194","title":{"rendered":"Uber adds 14 new cities to its EV rideshare service"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uber announced today that it\u2019s adding 14 new markets to Comfort Electric, its EV rideshare service. The program allows you to hail electric vehicles like the Tesla Model 3<\/a>, Ford Mustang Mach-E<\/a> and Polestar 2<\/a>. It\u2019s another small step toward the company\u2019s goal of phasing out gas-powered vehicles<\/a> by 2030.<\/p>\n

Beginning today, Uber\u2019s Comfort Electric program adds availability for Detroit, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Minneapolis \/ St. Paul, Montreal, Nashville, New Orleans, Orlando, Palm Springs, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, Tampa Bay and Toronto. The program\u2019s rollout began last May in California and expanded to 25 US markets<\/a> in September. Comfort Electric is separate from Uber Green, which costs the same as UberX but includes hybrid vehicles<\/a> in addition to electrics. The company also offers e-bikes and e-scooters in partnership with Lime<\/a> for customers who can skip cars altogether.<\/p>\n

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Uber says it will spend $800 million to help its drivers transition to EVs. It partnered with Hertz to help supply EVs while offering a (limited-time) Zero Emissions incentive, letting EV drivers earn an extra $1 on every trip (up to $4,000 per calendar year). Other driver perks include $100 off a Wallbox EV charger and another $100 off installation. In addition to its 2030 goal of zero emissions in North America, the company plans to cut its carbon emissions in half by 2025, and it wants to hit zero emissions globally by 2040.<\/p>\n

Comfort Electric rides cost more than a standard UberX \u2014 usually by around 20 to 40 percent. However, Uber is enticing you to try it out by offering 25 percent off two rides with the coupon code \u201cGOELECTRIC\u201d from April 11th through the 30th.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/uber-adds-14-new-cities-to-its-ev-rideshare-service-100055807.html?src=rss
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Uber announced today that it\u2019s adding 14 new markets to Comfort Electric, its EV rideshare service. The program allows you to hail electric vehicles like the Tesla Model 3, Ford Mustang Mach-E and Polestar 2. It\u2019s another small step toward … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,110],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-1123194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-engadget"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1123194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1123194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1123194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1123194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}