Electric Vehicles for Uber and Lyft? Los Angeles Might Require It, Mayor Says.

As part of Los Angeles’ "Green New Deal," the city aims to get 80 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2036 and also add more electric city vehicles. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images Los Angeles is considering forcing rideshare services such as Uber and Lyft to use electric vehicles in what would be a first for any city as LA seeks to cut emissions and get more electric vehicles on the streets, the mayor said. Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles, told the Financial Times that the electric-vehicle requirement was one step being contemplated to cut the city’s greenhouse gas emissions and become carbon neutral by 2050. "We have the power to regulate car share," he said in a phone interview. "We can mandate, and are looking closely at mandating, that any of those vehicles in the future be electric." Garcetti, mayor since 2013, has made environmental issues a central part of his platform. Earlier this month, he became head of C40, a network of the world’s biggest cities that are trying to fight climate change . Calling the next 10 years "the climate decade," he said: "It has to be the decade of action. It is the […]

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