The state of Massachusetts wants to ”Electrify Your Rideshare” if you are a taxi or ride-sharing app driver in the Commonwealth. Ride Clean Mass will now offer drivers rebates of up to $6,500, in addition to any other local, state and federal incentives that the driver is eligible to receive. “Our mission is to put more… Read more »
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Bolt opens EV charging hub for its rideshare drivers in Stockholm
Estonia-headquartered shared mobility company Bolt has launched a new EV charging hub in central Stockholm to service its rideshare drivers. Bolt says the hub’s four chargers are capable of adding 50 km of range in 10 minutes. Using the Monta app, operated in collaboration with JB Charge, drivers can further save time by accessing the… Read more »
Ports of Jersey, UK partners with EVie to provide EV rideshare service
The Ports of Jersey has entered a partnership with local on-demand electric transport service EVie to provide transport to and from both the airport and the Elizabeth Terminal harbor. The scheme complements a network of EVie vehicles and allocated parking spaces across the island of Jersey. There are now 10 allocated EVie parking spaces at… Read more »
Charging/rideshare provider Revel hires former Tesla Supercharger exec
When Tesla’s CEO chose to disband the company’s Supercharger team, EV industry pundits predicted that many of those experts would soon be snapped up by other firms. Now we learn that rideshare/charging provider Revel has hired Edward Noseworthy to lead the company’s EV infrastructure design and construction team. Noseworthy, a seven-year Tesla veteran who oversaw… Read more »
Revel’s new EV fast charging station in Queens serves rideshare drivers and the public
Revel, the Brooklyn-based EV infrastructure and rideshare provider, has opened its third public EV fast charging station in New York City, and its first in Queens. The LIC Superhub is located in the accessory garage of the JACX, a mixed-use development in Long Island City. Located near the Taxi and Limousine Commission’s main driver support… Read more »
DASH offers an all-Tesla rideshare service in Tampa
The Tampa Bay region is sadly lacking in public transport options. The Tampa Downtown Partnership hopes to make getting around Florida’s third-largest city a little easier with the new DASH ride service, which offers low-cost rides in bright yellow Tesla Model Ys. The new DASH (Downtown Area Shared Hubs) service take passengers on shared rides… Read more »
Rideshare/charging provider Revel: CCS or NACS, EVs need bidirectional charging capabilities
Amid the giddy rush to adopt Tesla’s NACS charging system, a few voices in the wilderness can be heard crying, “But what about bidirectional charging?” Many see bidirectional charging, which enables V2G and related technologies, as a necessary part of the future EV ecosystem (California may soon mandate the capability for all new EVs). Vehicle-to-home, which… Read more »
Revel adds Kia Niro EVs to its NYC electric rideshare fleet
Brooklyn-based electric mobility and infrastructure Revel plans to diversify its EV rideshare fleet, adding 50 Kia Niro EVs to the 230 Tesla Model Ys and Model 3s it already has in service in New York City. Revel’s first Niros will be on the road by the end of June, available to rideshare customers for pick-up… Read more »
Los Angeles rideshare provider Kaptyn uses Zeem’s fleet-as-a-service solution
Kaptyn operates a rideshare fleet of Tesla Model Ys in Los Angeles. Since November 2022, the company has been using a fleet-as-a-service solution provided by Zeem Solutions. Kaptyn’s vehicles reside at Zeem’s depot near LAX, and Zeem acts as an extension of Kaptyn’s fleet operations team by managing on-site charging, parking, security, scheduled maintenance and… Read more »
New York City to require rideshare fleets to use 100 percent EVs by 2030
Electrifying rideshare vehicles has the potential to deliver outsize emissions reductions, as they log many more miles than personal vehicles. In his recent State of the City speech, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that rideshare fleets operating in the city will be required to go zero-emission by 2030. The Big Apple is one… Read more »