Uber has plans to promote an exclusively electric fleet of vehicles for their drivers in London within the next decade.
The company’s goal is an ambitious one,and an attempt by the company to demonstrate lawmakers in Britain’s capital city that they’re serious approximately their commitment to serving the riders of London, according to reporting from the Guardian.“It represents our wanting our partnership in London not only to be a strong partnership but trailblazing in solving air pollution, or which every great city in the world is struggling with,and our mayor here in London is looking to improve,” Uber’s chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi said in a statement.
The plan for Uber is to help drivers phase out their current gas-guzzling vehicles over the course of the next few years. Uber wants to create a fund of £200 million (roughly $260 million) for drivers in the city to assist and encourage them to buy electric vehicles in the near future.
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Source: inquisitr.com