Uber has launched a program to incentivize its Oregon drivers to go electric. The company’s subsidiary Xchange Leasing will buy EVs and lease them to drivers in the Portland area. The goal is to make 10% of Uber’s vehicles in Oregon electric by 2019. About 100 of Portland’s 6,000 drivers already drive EVs, according to… Read more »
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Cooled cable from HUBER+SUHNER allows for greater EV charging power
Charging power levels are heading upwards to accommodate longer EV ranges, and it’s becoming apparent that some sort of cooling system for charging cables will be needed. The Swiss firm HUBER+SUHNER has introduced a cable and connector with an integrated cooling system that allows high power throughput while keeping charging times below 20 minutes (to… Read more »
Uber deploys 50 EVs in London
Uber continues its experiments with EVs (the company began a pilot using BYD E6s last year in Chicago, and has also runs trials of EVs in South Africa and Portugal). The company’s latest electrical adventure is taking place in London, where Uber will offer its drivers the option to lease BYD and Nissan EVs. A… Read more »
Evercar brings its fleet of EVs to Uber, Lyft, Instacart and other on-demand services
Evercar uses short-term rentals to accelerate the potential for electric ride-sharing and delivery services. If it can clear regulatory hurdles, its electric-miles-as-a-service tools could change the growing industry. On paper, EVs seem like the perfect choice for the on-demand economy. In a world where vehicles are being pushed to spend more time on the road… Read more »
Analyst predicts Tesla will eat Uber’s lunch, doubling stock price
Does Tesla have a secret plan to disrupt yet another industry, maybe one that even Tesla doesn’t know about yet? Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas is convinced of it, and believes that the potential profits will cause the TSLA stock price to double. On a recent media conference call, Jonas asked Elon Musk about Uber’s… Read more »
Uber CEO: If Tesla’s cars are autonomous by 2020, we’ll buy all 500,000
At the recent Top 10 Tech Trends dinner hosted by the Churchill Club, five of the world’s most famous VCs were asked what they think will be the most significant trends over the next five years. Steve Jurvetson, familiar to Charged readers as an early Tesla investor (and board member), had some interesting things to… Read more »
Uber adds PHEVs to its fleet in China
It’s a logical convergence of three tech trends: Uber, EVs and China. The pioneering ride-sharing service, which has already been testing EVs in Chicago and Prague, has announced that it will add ten PHEVs to its fleet in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The new car service, called UberGREEN, will use Guangzhou Automobile’s Trumpchi GA5… Read more »
Uber to test a fleet of Chinese-made BYD EVs in the US
Chinese automaker BYD’s electric buses have been attracting a lot of interest from North American transit authorities. However, the company’s plans to bring its E6 electric passenger car to the US, which it has been talking about since 2009, have come to little so far. That might be about to change. According to Reuters (via Green… Read more »
Cracking The Egg Of Urban Electrification
Big cities have lagged in EV adoption because of a classic chicken-and-egg problem. Without publicly available charging, people living in apartments who don’t have home garages can’t practically own an EV. And without a market of EV owners, charging developers can’t justify the high costs to build in cities. Through a mix of private innovation… Read more »
Yoshi Mobility spins off fossil fuel refueling unit to focus on e-mobility
Yoshi Mobility, a US-based mobile charging company, will spin off its fleet fuel division. The move is “part of its renewed commitment to sustainability and an electric future,” the company said. The fleet fueling unit will be acquired by EZFill Holdings. Since emerging from Y-Combinator in 2016, Yoshi has focused on operations in three areas:… Read more »