Uber is reportedly working with a number of automotive companies to design and build dedicated electric vehicles for its ride-hailing and delivery services, as revealed byThe company’s CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, said during an event held in Davos, Switzerland, that Uber wants to make vehicles optimized for city use, ferrying passengers and deliveries, with the ultimate goal of reducing costs.
Khosrowshahi went on to say that for Uber’s needs, an EV doesn’t have to have a high top speed or impressive acceleration times and that a ride-hailing vehicle could have an interior where passengers can face each other.“I do think that top speeds, for example, that many cars have are not necessary for city driving that’s associated with ride-share,” Mr. Khosrowshahi said. “That can reduce the specs and if you reduce the specs you can reduce the ultimate cost.
When it comes to delivery EVs, Uber’s CEO said that the company is considering smaller, two or three-wheeled vehicles that would have a smaller footprint but a big cargo area. “[They] can get through traffic easier and have a much smaller footprint, both in terms of environmental but also traffic footprint than, let’s say, a car to go deliver groceries,” he said for The Wall Street Journal.
The executive stopped short of saying what car makers are involved in the company’s plan to make its own vehicles. Uber has
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