News Summary

• New York City has selected a Brooklyn company to replace its curbside electric vehicle charging pilot with a permanent network across all five boroughs.
• The buildout runs for three years and takes the city from 88Curbside charging points to roughly 700.
• The city’s Green Rides rule requires rideshare and taxi vehicles to be electric by 2030, a deadline that means very little without somewhere for those vehicles to charge overnight.
• “More accessible charging is critical to helping Uber drivers make the switch to electric,” said Josh Gold, Senior Director of Public Policy at Uber.