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Big, if true.

• Zhenya 6y ago
  How is this big? Just seems like fluff to get them into the news cycle. They commit(whatever that means) to using only electric cars in 10 years. This is a big fat nothingburger.
• dumbfounder 6y ago
  According to this article: https://www.autonews.com/mobility-report/ev-sales-growing-faster-expected https://www.autonews.com/mobility-report/ev-sales-growing-fa... It is expected that more than half of new cars sold will be EV by 2030. This will by federal incentives no doubt, and also by the further disruption of the car industry by the pandemic. Still, it seems low to me. And, I would expect by 2030 it will be the better choice to go electric for Lyft/Uber drivers due to decreased maintenance and overall cost per mile compared to ICE. The problem right now is availability of reasonably priced options, but that will be solved in the next 10 years almost certainly. So, without the proclamation of a mandate my gut says 90%+ of Lyft/Uber drivers would go electric because it's the better business choice for them. So I don't think it's "Big", I think it's a calculated risk with good intentions to grab some news headlines. But that's ok, maybe it will encourage others to make bolder bets, which would be good. Not quite "Big" in my opinion.