CA Bill: Ride Sharing Electric Vehicles Requirement

BERKELEY, CA — State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, has introduced legislation pushing ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft toward using more zero-emission and electric vehicles within the next 10 years.

Senate Bill 1014 would use up to $300 million in state funding for rebates specifically aimed at ride-hailing drivers to incentivize the purchase of environmentally friendly vehicles.

"We know that people who drive for a living rack up miles and go through cars faster than most people," Skinner said.

The bill would also direct the Public Utilities Commission to establish targets for converting ride-hailing fleets.

By 2020, 20 percent of miles driven by ride-hailing drivers would need to be driven in zero-emission vehicles.

By 2023, that target would be 50 percent. Ten years from now in 2028, that target would be 100 percent.

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