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https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2018/06/25/uber-partners-with-austin-to-support-drivers-use.html Uber partners with Austin to support drivers' use of electric cars in pilot program expansion Jun 25, 2018 Mike Cronin [image / Jim Frenak-FPI Studios https://media.bizj.us/view/img/10811442/maven-gig-austin-texas-03*1200xx3600-2029-0-247.jpg A Chevrolet Bolt electric car outside South Austin Music ] Uber Technologies Inc. is working with Austin officials on the city’s Smart Mobility Roadmap by bringing its electric-vehicle pilot program to town. Executives at the San Francisco-headquartered ridesharing business said last week that the Texas capital is among seven cities nationwide participating in the program. Uber also has partnered with the Rocky Mountain Institute to help company drivers who already have or want to use electric vehicles, such as the Chevrolet Bolt and the Nissan Leaf, said Trevor Theunissen, an Austin-based Uber spokesman. Austin in March became the first U.S. city to host an all-electric fleet of cars provided by Detroit-based Maven Drive LLC, an in-house startup by General Motors Co. ... The institute, a Colorado nonprofit organization that advocates for clean and renewable energy sources, has worked with Austin for years. It has conducted focus groups and information sessions since January for Uber drivers, Theunissen said. The focus groups enabled Uber executives to learn what the company “can do to make life easier” for company drivers already in electric vehicles, Theunissen said. Issues that arose included anxiety over low-battery charge levels and location of charging stations. Information sessions educated Uber drivers how to talk about electric vehicles with customers, costs associated with owning an electric vehicles and state and federal rebate programs, among other things, he said. Theunissen said Uber does not release the total number of company drivers working in Austin. The company also declined to say where Austin ranked among the pilot-program cities for total electric-vehicle drivers. The other cities in the program are Los Angeles [CA], Montreal [.ca], Sacramento [CA], San Diego [CA], San Francisco [CA], and Seattle [WA]. Some cities, such as Sacramento, are paying drivers for every trip using an electric vehicle, Theunissen said. Uber has had conversations with Austin Energy, the city’s public utility, about developing a similar arrangement, he added. Austin's pilot program features data in the Uber app on Austin Energy’s charging-station network and will share feedback with Austin Energy from drivers on the status of charging stations. Uber passengers will receive a notification in the app when they are riding in an electric vehicle. Riders also will receive an email when the ride is done about the Austin pilot program. The Austin pilot does not have an end date, Theunissen said. [© 2018 American City Business Journals] ... https://www.maven.com/ Hourly Car Rental Service | Maven Car Sharing Car sharing driven by technology, loaded with premium features like 4G LTE WiFi. Download the Maven app. ... Choose from electric, compact, sedan, or SUV ... https://www.9news.com/article/money/business/colorado-nonprofit-and-uber-partner-to-support-electric-car-use/73-567385989 Colorado nonprofit and Uber partner to support electric car use Jun 25, 2018 Uber Technologies Inc. is working with Austin officials on the city's Smart Mobility Roadmap by bringing its electric-vehicle pilot program to town. Executives at ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
