Thus Stellantis electrifies the Uber fleet
Free2move, the Stellantis brand dedicated to shared and rental mobility services, will be the privileged partner that will allow Uber to electrify the French fleet
Free2move, Stellantis' car sharing company with short, medium and long-term car sharing and rental services, and US Uber have announced an agreement to accelerate the ride-hailing giant's transition to electric vehicles from San Francisco . The agreement will have a specific territorial scope: France.
WHAT FREE2MOVE AND UBER WILL DO IN FRANCE
Free2move, which offers various vehicle rental options to professionals, will be the preferred partner enabling Uber to progress towards the goal of electrifying at least 50% of its current French fleet of 30,000 chauffeured vehicles by 2025. low-cost participatory mobility, fresh from a serious cyber attack , had already announced that it wanted to completely eliminate diesel from its team by 2024.
“This partnership aims to accelerate and facilitate the sustainability of cars to achieve the European goals of switching to fully electric vehicles. We are proud to work alongside Uber to support it in the mobility of tomorrow, ”announced Brigitte Courtehoux , CEO of Free2move.
NOT ONLY STELLANTIS, UBER'S ELECTRIC PLANS
According to data provided by Uber itself, diesel engines currently account for 47% of its vehicles, up from 85% two years ago. "For this, Uber has created a fund of 75 million euros dedicated to the electric transition," said Laureline Serieys , general manager of Uber France.
Already in 2020, the former startup based in San Francisco had announced that it wanted to allocate 800 million dollars to incentivize drivers to put their endothermic cars aside in favor of electric models, recognizing an extra dollar for each ride to the drivers who offer the transport service on a plug model.
Uber, which has also partnered with Hertz to allow drivers to have the option to rent Tesla on a weekly or monthly basis, recently wanted to expand the Comfort Electric service, an app option that allows users to request only electric vehicles for its own race excluding internal combustion engines from the search, in other cities in North America and Canada. And then there is Uber Green which also includes hybrid cars.
WITHOUT CAR EV DO NOT WORK
The words released by the CEO of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi , to CBS News have made noise, given that the former number one of Expedia has made it clear that the company aims to ensure that by 2030 there are no more endothermic cars in its fleet not only in the United States but also in Europe and Canada. In fact, read backwards, these statements translate into the fact that either the drivers will change cars within eight years or they will no longer be able to work for the US app.
The agreement with Uber also represents a significant opportunity for Free2move, the Stellantis brand dedicated to shared and rental mobility services, to expand its presence across the Alps. The Group recently acquired Share Now, a car sharing company belonging to rival giant BMW and Mercedes-Benz. A move that allowed Free2move to add 14 new European cities to the 7 in which it already operates, between the United States and Europe, with the aim of moving from the current pool of 2 million users to 5.4 million.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/cosi-stellantis-elettrizza-la-flotta-di-uber/ on Wed, 28 Sep 2022 05:18:53 +0000.