On June 17th, 2020, the San Francisco-based ridesharing company Lyft announced that by 2030, all of the vehicles on its platform will be electric. The announcement comes shortly before the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is expected to present its air quality regulations for transportation network companies (TNCs) like Lyft. According to CARB, ridesharing cars have 50 percent higher emissions than personal cars due to \u201cdeadhead miles\u201d between passenger rides, so a shift like this could have enormous environmental benefits.<\/p>\n
Although switching its rental and autonomous car fleets will be a relatively simple process, the true difficulties will arise when trying to convince their drivers, whose personal cars make up the majority of the vehicles on Lyft\u2019s network, to go electric. The only way Lyft\u2019s president sees this happening is if electric vehicles (EVs) become a \u201cfinancial no-brainer.\u201d This will take extensive petitioning, research and collaboration with industry and government on Lyft\u2019s part.<\/p>\n
But as CARB\u2019s chair Mary Nichols points out, switching to electric vehicles is only one part of reducing emissions. Services like ridesharing make it possible to cover holes in existing transportation networks, making it feasible for people to live without cars. Lyft is also making efforts on this front by collaborating with public transportation authorities and offering bicycles and electric scooters.<\/p>\n
As Nichols puts it, Lyft is creating a \u201cblueprint for the zero-emission transportation system of the future.\u201d Now we can only hope that other transportation companies follow suit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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