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California’s Uber and Lyft drivers must start switching to electric vehicles

• morpheos137 5y ago
  I am sure they will love charging when they could be getting a fare. A taxi driver can easily drive 5-600 miles a day if operating in suburbia. Can EVs keep up?
  • toomuchtodo 5y ago
    https://electrek.co/2021/04/02/tesla-model-3-becomes-more-popular-nyc-yellow-cab/ https://electrek.co/2021/04/02/tesla-model-3-becomes-more-po... https://electrek.co/2018/12/20/tesla-taxi-rides-amsterdam-airport/ https://electrek.co/2018/12/20/tesla-taxi-rides-amsterdam-ai... https://currenttaxi.ca/ https://currenttaxi.ca/
    • cko 5y ago
      Those are fleets that can rotate vehicles while others are charging, though.
      • jy1 5y ago
        Having 20 minutes downtime is very common. Plenty of time to charge.
        • cko 5y ago
          How widespread are charging ports? After every ride I assume they'd have to go find one, if they don't have another ride lined up.
• Proven 5y ago
  What an awful place to live in as a voter, consumer, taxpayer.
• _xerces_ 5y ago
  So the drivers who barely break even will have to purchase new vehicles that are on average $19k more expensive? Let's assume there is enough charging infrastructure in place, CA is hardly a poster child for reliable electricity distribution.