Climate Impact Goals

Re:Climate Impact Goals by acabal on Thursday June 15, 2017 @06:50PM (#14565120)

Lofty goals, and needed. However I can't help but mourn that at least in Chicago, all of the taxis I've ever taken in the past several years have been hybrid vehicles. I think I can count on one hand the number of hybrids/electric Lyfts and Ubers I've taken. So in Chicago (like everywhere else) ridesharing is decimating the taxi industry, but here when you take a rideshare instead of a taxi there's a greater chance your ride is not climate-friendly today.

So while it's nice that Lyft is targeting 2025, in this specific case you could have already been saving carbon by taking regular taxis instead.

I don't know if Lyft/Uber already have a feature like this (someone else always calls one for us) but it would be nice if they allowed you to only take rides in hybrid/electric vehicles, or if they would otherwise incentivize drivers who had such vehicles.

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Re:Climate Impact Goals by templaedhel on Thursday June 15, 2017 @09:36PM (#14565993)

Some cities (Paris off the top of my head) have "UberGreen" which is exactly this - You can elect to only take rides from hybrid or electric vehicles.

https://newsroom.uber.com/portugal/ubergreenen/

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Re:Climate Impact Goals by passivepinetree on Thursday June 15, 2017 @07:13PM (#14565269)

AFAIK they don't allow a feature like this. If they implemented one, I would gladly use it (even if it cost slightly higher or came with worse availability). That would be an easy way to allow consumers to vote with their actions and support electric vehicles.

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Re:Climate Impact Goals by acchow on Friday June 16, 2017 @01:49AM (#14566924)

I would love an Uber/Lyft Green option. Happily vote with my wallet.

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Re:Climate Impact Goals by stouset on Thursday June 15, 2017 @09:24PM (#14565933)

I'm guessing it would cause a driver revolt, though.

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Re:Climate Impact Goals by andygates on Friday June 16, 2017 @04:06AM (#14567353)

Well, taxis are regulated.

I'd be more impressed if this wasn't puffing future tech, and was instead committing to ratcheting efficiency requirements across their drivers' vehicles.

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Re:Climate Impact Goals by davedx on Friday June 16, 2017 @03:25AM (#14567205)

If you ever fly to Amsterdam, make sure you jump in one of the many white Tesla taxis at the airport. :)

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Re:Climate Impact Goals by 3adawi on Thursday June 15, 2017 @06:56PM (#14565158)

Almost every Uber I've taken in London was a Prius, a hybrid car

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Re:Climate Impact Goals by neuronexmachina on Thursday June 15, 2017 @08:07PM (#14565540)

When I requested an Uber for pickup from the Seattle airport's rideshare stop I saw a line of about 20 Priuses all in a row. In LA, from my sample size of several dozen Uber rides, I've seen roughly 50% hybrids.

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Re:Climate Impact Goals by akrose on Thursday June 15, 2017 @08:31PM (#14565651)

Sea-Tac airport has a minimum MPG requirement that vehicles must satisfy in order to do rideshare pickups, and it is high enough that almost all cars being used are Priuses.

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Re:Climate Impact Goals by daxfohl on Thursday June 15, 2017 @09:13PM (#14565881)

I was going to say I saw the same thing for Lyft in SeaTac. So that makes sense.

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Re:Climate Impact Goals by nicolashahn on Thursday June 15, 2017 @07:13PM (#14565266)

In San Francisco it seems that about half of the ones I take are.

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Re:Climate Impact Goals by shanev on Friday June 16, 2017 @01:43AM (#14566909)

UberX was initially hybrid cars only.

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