A global rideshare company has launched a new feature for environmentally-conscious passengers that it says will encourage more sustainable choices. Uber customers can now see the amount of carbon dioxide emissions they have avoided by choosing rides in hybrid or fully electric vehicles, rather than petrol or diesel cars. The estimated savings are calculated by using the average carbon emissions from Uber’s Green or Comfort Electric services and multiplying them by kilometres travelled.
Early results showed Victorian riders had made the greatest emissions savings on the Uber platform so far, followed by Western Australia, Queensland, NSW, and South Australia. More than 4000 Australian Uber drivers have an EV, with customers taking 1.86 million trips with them in the first quarter of this year. That equates to about 4 per cent of kilometres travelled with Uber, the company said.
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