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Uber will halve fees for drivers with electric vehicles as it sets a deadline of eliminating petrol cars from its fleet.
Drivers who use electric cars could get a $3,500 per year discount on Uber service fees, which will cost the company $26million.
However, Uber's offer only applies to the first 2,500 existing or new electric vehicle drivers who sign up and will expire in mid 2025.
Uber rides General Manager Dom Taylor has announced the rideshare platform will halve fees for drivers with electric vehicles, which will cost the company $26million
Australian and New Zealand Uber rides General Manager Dom Taylor told Ben Fordham on 2GB the initiative is part of an ambitious plan to get rid of petrol cars altogether with a deadline fast looming after which it wouldn't accept new ones into the fleet.
'Uber's made a commitment that by 2040 all cars on the road are going to be electric,' Mr Taylor said.
'That means by 2030 we have to stop onboarding petrol cars.'
Despite only one per cent of Uber drivers using electric vehicles the company intends to rid petrol cars entirely from its fleet by 2040 and by 2030 won't allow any
