California Sets Green Goals for Ride-Hailers Like Lyft, Uber (1)

California air regulators on Thursday set first-in-the-nation regulations for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft, requiring that 90% of fleets be electric by 2030.

The California Air Resources Board also set a target of zero carbon dioxide emissions for fleets within the same time period.

Ride-hailing fleets drove 4.8 billion miles in 2018. The vehicles tend to be newer than the average car on the road but they emit 50% more greenhouse gas emissions per passenger mile because 38% of all trips are dead-heads, meaning no rider is present.

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