CITYWIDE — As New York City electrifies its municipal vehicle fleet, for-hire vehicles will also be required to do the same, Mayor Eric Adams announced during his State of the City Address on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 26. “Today, we are announcing that Uber and Lyft will be required to have a zero-emissions fleet by 2030. That’s zero emissions for over 100,000 vehicles on our city streets. And it will be achieved with no new costs for individual drivers,” he added.
“We’re pleased that both companies are embracing this shift, and we look forward to working with them to get it done,” said Adams. However, New York 1 News political anchor Errol Louis pointed out that these for-hire drivers own their vehicles, and that it will be interesting to see how the mandate works.
