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So-called ‘ridesharing’

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Electric cars

Fig. 1. Unattributed and undated image via Spencer Thomason in a disgraceful puff piece^[1] for Uber’s electrification effort,^[2] fair use.

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• Electric vehicles

Andrew J. Hawkins, “Uber pledges to shift to ‘100 percent’ electric vehicles by 2030,” Verge, September 8, 2020, https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/8/21427196/uber-promise-100-percent-electric-vehicle-ev-2030

Andrew J. Hawkins, “Lyft vows ‘100 percent’ of its vehicles will be electric by 2030,” Verge, June 17, 2020, https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/17/21294040/lyft-electric-vehicle-ev-100-percent-2030

Ben Elgin and Lizette Chapman, “How Uber and Lyft Are Losing the Race to the Electric Future,” Bloomberg, May 10, 2021, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-05-10/inside-the-slow-ev-adoption-by-uber-and-lyft

Dale Kasler, “Your Uber and Lyft driver must go electric. California’s latest climate change mandate,” Sacramento Bee, May 21, 2021, https://www.sacbee.com/article251574748.html

Joann Muller, “A big EV push for Uber drivers,” Axios, October 27, 2021, https://www.axios.com/a-big-ev-push-for-uber-drivers-358a720f-f1ba-4c28-9a83-1bb86061c9e4.html

Fred Lambert, “Tesla order could double to 200,000 Model 3s to satisfy deal with Uber, says Hertz CEO,” Electrek, October 28, 2021, https://electrek.co/2021/10/28/tesla-order-double-200000-model-3s-satisfy-deal-uber-hertz-ceo/

British Broadcasting Corporation, “Elon Musk says Tesla has not signed deal with Hertz,” November 2, 2021, https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59132512

Liam Denning, “With Avis, Tesla’s Cars Now Buy Themselves,” Bloomberg, November 2, 2021, https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-02/with-avis-and-hertz-tesla-s-electric-cars-now-buy-themselves

Emily Glazer and Nora Naughton, “Hertz Will Have to Wait for Teslas, Just Like Other Buyers,” Wall Street Journal, November 4, 2021, https://www.wsj.com/articles/hertz-will-have-to-wait-for-teslas-just-like-other-buyers-11636028622

Joann Muller, “Why the electric car era is a threat to Uber and Lyft,” Axios, November 5, 2021, https://www.axios.com/why-the-electric-car-era-is-a-threat-to-uber-and-lyft-ab9318a3-b049-4e29-b04e-06cd7784ef7d.html

Spencer Thomason, “Uber Drivers are Liking The Teslas,” Medium, July 28, 2022, https://medium.com/@sthomason/uber-drivers-are-liking-the-teslas-c211d15caf42

Preetika Rana, “Lyft Battles Gavin Newsom Over California Measure to Fund EVs,” Wall Street Journal, October 16, 2022, https://www.wsj.com/articles/lyft-battles-gavin-newsom-over-california-measure-to-fund-evs-11665864256

Andrew J. Hawkins, “Kia gets its first customer for the PV5 modular electric vehicle: Uber,” Verge, January 10, 2024, https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/10/24033010/kia-uber-mou-pv5-modular-ev-ridehail-deal

1. ^[1]Spencer Thomason, “Uber Drivers are Liking The Teslas,” Medium, July 28, 2022, https://medium.com/@sthomason/uber-drivers-are-liking-the-teslas-c211d15caf42↩
2. ^[2]Andrew J. Hawkins, “Uber pledges to shift to ‘100 percent’ electric vehicles by 2030,” Verge, September 8, 2020, https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/8/21427196/uber-promise-100-percent-electric-vehicle-ev-2030↩