In the latest of ride-sharing developments, Uber has begun conducting the UberGreen pilot project in collaboration with BMW and Nissan for the deployment of fully-electric vehicles in South Africa, with the BMW i3 and Nissan Leaf respectively. With the growing use of EVs as Uber vehicles due to their cost-per-mileage effectiveness, Uber is now trialling the EV-specific selection on the ride-sharing app.
UberGreen’s benefits are twofold: environmentally-conscious users have the confidence of greatly reduced on-road emissions, whilst the cost savings from the inherently efficient vehicles are passed on to the UberGreen driver in higher earnings, as Uber pays on a per-mileage basis.
This programme has been in operation in Johannesburg initially, and has since progressed to Cape Town. Run as a six-week pilot project, UberGreen offers the use of the EVs at UberX prices, which is the lowest price tier in the app’s roster. Uber stated that the top Uber riders and WRewards members will first gain access to UberGreen, and subsequently access will be opened to all Uber users in Cape Town until July 20.
Uber will be monitoring the mileage accrued by UberGreen vehicles and calculate its overall impact on emissions, though it wasn’t mentioned what methodology will be applied for said measurements. “This is a step towards a more sustainable mobility that will help us answer a simple albeit important question: what is the impact of carbon-free, on-demand travel in reducing CO2 emissions in South Africa? We count on you for this ride towards greener mobility in Cape Town,” said Uber.
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