Uber Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:26:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Uber will spend $10 million to reduce traffic congestion https://www.greenoptimistic.com/uber-will-spend-10-million-to-reduce-traffic-congestion-20181001/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/uber-will-spend-10-million-to-reduce-traffic-congestion-20181001/#respond Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:26:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=67231 Over the next three years, Uber will spend $10 million on programs aimed at reducing traffic congestion in cities. The popularity of Uber’s ride-hailing service is responsible exacerbating this problem. Traffic congestion is responsible for air quality problems that often result in health problems such as respiratory problems, as well as reduction in intelligence, and dementia. There are […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/uber-will-spend-10-million-to-reduce-traffic-congestion-20181001/feed/ 0 67231 Uber to Start Paying Its Drivers to Go Electric https://www.greenoptimistic.com/uber-paying-drivers-go-electric-20180628/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/uber-paying-drivers-go-electric-20180628/#respond Sat, 30 Jun 2018 05:29:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=65535 Analysts in automotive industry predict that personal car ownership is going to continuously drop in the coming decades as ride-hailing platforms flourish. It is thus economically and environmentally sustainable for these platforms to boost the usage of fully electric and hybrid vehicles. Indeed, the giant ride-hailing platform Uber claims that incorporating electric vehicles in ride-sharing […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/uber-paying-drivers-go-electric-20180628/feed/ 0 65535 Uber Wants to Buy All Tesla Self Driving Vehicles https://www.greenoptimistic.com/uber-tesla-self-driving/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/uber-tesla-self-driving/#respond Thu, 09 Jul 2015 10:38:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55592 The CEO of Uber has apparently declared that if the Tesla self driving vehicle is available by 2020, Uber will buy every single one. At least, that is, all Tesla will be able to produce that year, an estimated 500,000 vehicles, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Tesla chief technical officer JB Straubel confirmed that number […]

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