'fleet emission-free'

Uber invests in electric vehicle infrastructure for its drivers

Allego heeft afgelopen week een persbericht gepubliceerd waarin staat dat het een langdurige samenwerking met Uber is aangegaan. Foto: Shutterstock, 2026

Uber Technologies has announced major investments to support electric vehicle charging in several regions. According to a Bloomberg report, the taxi company has signed agreements with charging station operators in the US, Europe and the UK to make charging more accessible to its drivers.

The operators will build more public charging points in areas where Uber drivers live and frequent, in exchange for usage guarantees. Uber will pay fines to operators who fail to meet the minimum usage threshold at charging points built under the agreement. The company reportedly has agreements with EVgo in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston, with Hubber and Ionity in London, and with Electra in Paris and Madrid. The partnership with Hubber was confirmed in a LinkedIn post, and Allego, which was not mentioned in reports from Reuters or Bloomberg, issued a press release saying it has entered into a long-term partnership with Uber. The agreement between Uber and Allego means that taxi drivers using the Uber app can save up to 50 per cent per kilowatt-hour during off-peak hours at Allego fast chargers nationwide.

Rideshare drivers are among the most frequent users of the public electric vehicle charging network and particularly rely on fast charging between trips. Infrastructure operators can therefore benefit from frequent and relatively predictable usage, especially near airports. Many CPOs take this into account in their rollout, for example bp pulse, which installed its sixth US charging station near an airport late last year as part of its focus on rolling out fast-charging electric vehicle stations near major transport hubs.

Threshold

Uber aims to make its global fleet emission-free by 2040. The purchase cost of an electric car, which can be a barrier for drivers who want to switch, is an issue that Uber also previously tried to solve by offering subsidies to drivers in London to switch to or lease an electric car.

The charging station collaborations coincide with the announcement that Uber is investing $100 million in developing autonomous vehicles. The taxi services platform will build fast charging stations for autonomous vehicles in regions where it plans to launch public robotic taxi services: the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles and Dallas.

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This article was automatically translated from the Dutch language original to English (British).

Author: Paul Blonk

Source: MobilityEnergy.com

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