People waiting for an Uber should be patient enough to wait a few minutes longer for an electric car, the boss of the ride-hailing firm has said.
“A couple of minutes isn’t going to kill anyone,” Dara Khosrowshahi told the BBC in an interview.
Uber is rolling out new options to encourage customers to choose electric rides, but at the same time he says governments should be doing more to support sales of electric vehicles (EVs).
Cheaper, Chinese-made electric vehicles are also “good for the environment” he said.
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He's thinking about making money and not the implications of strengthening the dragon. It will end in war. Why help them
His is criminal!
If you were to meet climate targets, the government should not apply heavy protectionism in this sector.
It's hypocritical for the West to worship the free-market economy, but then for political reasons impose tariffs on a market providing quality goods more cheaply. Governments subsidising sections of their economy is commonplace and not a valid justification for applying such tariffs and punishing the consumer.
Go phuck urself Dara. Wage theft CEO in the year 2024. Hope your kids read this THIEF.
Pooper doesn’t own a single car.
"Cheap vehicles are better for the environment" I doubt that very much, cheap doesn't always mean good. It's cheap for a reason haha
China is building 100s of Coal burning power plants to power their factories to build their heavily subsidised cars , so it you factor in the Coal emissions , Chinese EVs are not really that good for the enviroment , then if you also take into consideration the pollution to make the batteries , then they are even worse for the enviroment
EVs are dead in the water. No one is buying these ridiculously overpriced and underwhelming millstones new, and certainly not used.
Healthy 1 wants ure medias n people inside 2 pay for their guilts
WHOM ENDURES BREATHIN IN TOXIC ENVIORMENT URE MEDIAS HAV MADE ,,AT DEEP STATE ,,IS NIT THE HEALTHY 1 ,,,,
Uber's evil corrupt, they take a lot of money from driver use the driver like a slave a i work for uber 2015. They are evil and reaping driver of.I hope one day he's been a jail..
How can someone join to BBC?
wait for minutes but will bbc wait for hours to charge battery?
This guy is full of lies. Legal robber. Using millions of poor people's resources to make a profit for wall street. I don't understand how this person went to sleep in bed. Evil middle man between customers and drivers.
This needs a clarification, if the electric vehicle is charged with solar power that’s a win for the environment if not, that means it’s charged with another means of electric power which is not always generated with green technology
The best electric car is BYD
Chinese goods are safer, of better quality, and have a good price for people with limited income.
May God bless China and Russia.
Amen
F*** Uber! Be safe out there!❤
'A couple of minutes isn't going to kill anyone'.
Famous last words
Low cost and high quality. Hahahahaha… This guy is a complete tool. Chinese EVs are not good for to their local environment, for sure. Who knows what kind of ecological nightmare they are creating while manufacturing these. Uber does not care about the environment. I'm an early EV adopter and i can smell BS from a mile away. This guy if full of it!
Imagine all the security risks associated with Chinese tech installed in every vehicle 😅
First off I hate EVs I think they're a terrible idea and the statement that they are better for the environment is utter BS. That said if it's so Important to the world why prevent cheap EVs from being imported to the EU? What's more Important more EVs or VWs profit line?
low cost high quality.. yaaaa rightttt u get what u pay for, i wouldnt buy a tea cup made in china let alone a car…
Uber ,…business model based on cheap migrant labour.. very noble
Flood the market! I want a cheap electric car
Well one thing is clear. don’t let your 9 year old order a pizza from their uber eats app and stealth lose all civil protections from driver negligence. F this company.
When I find out Chinese EV car is hired for my call, I would cancel it immediately. It's all about reliability not affordability. I dont want to put lives of mine and my family in any risk in order to save a couple of pounds.
A gig-worker company that has been successfully sued for misclassifying its drivers as independent contractors….
Take everything the C-Suite says with a grain of road salt!
He would say anything to make him richer
He thinks China producing cheap EV's in good for the climate/environment.. yea, sure mate. lol
this guy is a tool uses all his drivers
This man is a classic American perverter of our language. …. "transitioning from not just being cheap BUT ALSO BEING HIGH QUALITY AS WELL. ". HAAAAR HAAAR hahaha. There was almost a quiver in his voice as he said it indicating that he KNEW that he is lying. Chinese EVs are catching fire all over the place. There is only one thing in the mind of this American chiseller …. How to screw as much money out of the system for himself as he can get. EVs are an environmental disaster. The majority of EVs in the World are running on electricity produced from burning coal so EVs RUN ON COAL. We are told that a week or so ago, Britain stopped using coal to generate electricity. I don't entirely believe it. Regardless, we burnt coal for a lot longer than we would have done had it not been for the demand placed on the grid by selfish and grossly irresponsible EV drivers …. and the poisonous Khan with his unreliable and downright dangerous electric buses. We know of 3 that have caught fire in London, two of them filling the roads with deadly poisonous fumes and causing traffic chaos over very large areas for half a day each and delays echoing for hours thereafter ….. and one burning down a good part of a bus garage ….. 3 out of a fleet of 1,200 in one year ! ……. WOW ! …. and they are the ones that we know about.
Next up- job shortages….
will never take a driverless car NEVER
Hey Uber about you stop taking such exorbitant fees?
It's not gonna kill anyone!
I assume taking an EV will be so much cheaper to hire then!
Then accept a bit less money, the public said.
Stop the Elon subsidy, lift the tariff on Chinese EVs!
Uber's fleet? Aren't Uber's "fleet" private vehicles purchased by their drivers, not the company itself?
As I'm an oldie in London I have a Freedom Pass, so I'm far more likely to use public transport than to call an Uber. Last time I did, I requested an EV and then expected to wait for ages. In fact he was there within 3 minutes. However I had mixed feelings as it was a Tesla, not being the greatest fan of Elon Musk…
Oh nooooo . Cheap cars for the people suffering under inflation.
Wouldn't that stop inflation? ….. at least in the car segment.
Ofcause uber is a different story. Don't trust anything he says. It's only the bottom line hes interest….. not good for passenger, and Ofcause drivrr
How about we all subsidize nothing and let the market decide what succeeds? Greetings from NYC!
First time hearing that is Chinese products are quality
Yep! I agree! A bit more patience n life is a requirement and maybe, just maybe, we will all enjoy a longer life
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I'd rather walk just like I'd rather cook than use dilveroo.
Balloons again