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New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that Uber and Lyft will have to become zero-emission by 2030.
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The choice made by one of the biggest marketplaces for ride-hailing via apps has the potential to impact the estimated 100,000 vehicles for hire.
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Adams said that the decision would be a continuation of efforts the administration has put into upgrading all city vehicles while setting up charging infrastructures to power the vehicles across the five Boroughs.
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The mayor may implement his plan via his municipal Taxi and Limousine Commission, which oversees the for-hire automobile business, which includes Uber as well as Lyft.
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Uber and Lyft both, who typically sneer at the new rules and have even been known to seek to block the rules they disagree with, generally seem to be happy with the latest developments in New York.
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“We are excited to partner with New York City on our journey,” Paul Augustine, Lyft’s director of sustainability, said in a statement.