Uber announces 3K electric two-wheelers, three-wheelers & cabs in 2021

Uber a ride-hailing company has announced its plans of transition to fully zero-emission platform by 2040 globally and in India. It has committed scaling up to 3,000 electric vehicles across two-wheelers and three-wheelers and cabs by the end of 2021. The company has also mentioned that this year it has provided 1.8 lakh free rides to state/local governments and partnered with the National Health Authority of India (NHA) to provide over a lakh free rides to healthcare workers.

Prabhjeet Singh, President, Uber India and South Asia said that In India we disbursed grants to approximately a lakh drivers in distress during covid.

Recently it has also made an announcement that it has partnered with electric vehicle fleet operator Lithium Urban Technologies to deploy over 1,000 EVs in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune.

Uber has said it has already deployed more than 100 such electric vehicles including all sedans such as Mahindra eVerito and Tata Tigor EV, on its platform in next 12 months. The company has said that it has remained committed to scaling up to 2,000 electric vehicles on its platform including lithium EVs.

Uber in its recently released report showed that it has provided 10 million rides and deliveries of food globally to healthcare workers, seniors and another world over.

Uber has taken a pledge to invest more than £5m in public electric vehicle charging infrastructure in some of the poorest boroughs in London to help the drivers to switch to the electric cars.

Jamie Heywood, Uber’s regional general manager for northern and eastern Europe said that the £5m funding would be invested by 2023 in areas that lack the charging infrastructure they need to support electric vehicles.

If you are an EV manufacturer or EV Dealer or EV Supporter who want to share news related to electric vehicles on our website, please send an email to crm@electricvehicles.in