Uber pledges £5m toward electric vehicle charging points in London
by Gwyn Topham from Technology | The Guardian on (#598HR)
Firm will install public chargers in poorer boroughs to persuade its drivers to switch to electric cars
Uber has pledged to invest more than 5m in public electric vehicle charging infrastructure in some of the poorest boroughs in London, to help persuade its reluctant drivers to switch to electric cars.
The global ride-hailing firm will announce the investment, which it admits is only a fraction of the money needed, as it seeks to highlight the imbalance across the capital in the installation of charge points.
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