article thumbnail

T&E study: EVs can be cheaper for Uber drivers to run than latest diesels in many European capitals

Green Car Congress

The taxi and ride-hailing markets are best positioned to go fully electric first. The economics of EVs—more expensive to buy but a lot cheaper to run—match perfectly with high-mileage, low-margin businesses like ride-hailing and taxis. Uber-type drivers can do up to five times more kilometers than an average motorist.

Diesel 243
article thumbnail

2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

Here goes the list: 10TH PLACE: PORTUGAL, 49 POINTS (FIRST APPEARANCE EVER) Europe’s affinity to EVs has steep north-south and east-west gradients. Now Portugal, one of Western Europe’s poorest countries, narrowly beat a tight second-10 field to become the first Southern European country in the Top 10. Over here in the US.

2020 52