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Lofty goals, and needed. However I can't help but mourn that at least in Chicago, all of the taxis I've ever taken in the past several years have been hybrid v
by acabal 9y ago
Lofty goals, and needed. However I can't help but mourn that at least in Chicago, all of the taxis I've ever taken in the past several years have been hybrid vehicles. I think I can count on one hand the number of hybrids/electric Lyfts and Ubers I've taken. So in Chicago (like everywhere else) ridesharing is decimating the taxi industry, but here when you take a rideshare instead of a taxi there's a greater chance your ride is not climate-friendly today.
So while it's nice that Lyft is targeting 2025, in this specific case you could have already been saving carbon by taking regular taxis instead.
I don't know if Lyft/Uber already have a feature like this (someone else always calls one for us) but it would be nice if they allowed you to only take rides in hybrid/electric vehicles, or if they would otherwise incentivize drivers who had such vehicles.
- 3adawi 9y agoAlmost every Uber I've taken in London was a Prius, a hybrid car
- nicolashahn 9y agoIn San Francisco it seems that about half of the ones I take are.
- neuronexmachina 9y agoWhen I requested an Uber for pickup from the Seattle airport's rideshare stop I saw a line of about 20 Priuses all in a row. In LA, from my sample size of several dozen Uber rides, I've seen roughly 50% hybrids.
- passivepinetree 9y agoAFAIK they don't allow a feature like this. If they implemented one, I would gladly use it (even if it cost slightly higher or came with worse availability). That would be an easy way to allow consumers to vote with their actions and support electric vehicles.
- templaedhel 9y agoSome cities (Paris off the top of my head) have "UberGreen" which is exactly this - You can elect to only take rides from hybrid or electric vehicles. https://newsroom.uber.com/portugal/ubergreenen/ https://newsroom.uber.com/portugal/ubergreenen/
- shanev 9y agoUberX was initially hybrid cars only.
- davedx 9y agoIf you ever fly to Amsterdam, make sure you jump in one of the many white Tesla taxis at the airport. :)
- andygates 9y agoWell, taxis are regulated. I'd be more impressed if this wasn't puffing future tech, and was instead committing to ratcheting efficiency requirements across their drivers' vehicles.