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ELECTRIC

VEHICLES ARE

THE WAY TO GO
EDITORIAL

Ride share vehicles to be This is definitely the case in Australia too.
electric Especially in Victoria where there are some
64,000 extra vehicles registered since 2017 to
work as ride share vehicles.
Los Angeles Mayor, Eric Garcetti, is calling for
a 25% reduction in air pollution by 2028. They Mayor Garcetti said, “We have the power to
are planning on doing this by purchasing more regulate car share. We can mandate and are
electric buses and electric vehicles for the looking closely at mandating that any of those
government fleet and are also recommending vehicles in the future be electric.”
that Uber and Lyft can only use electric cars. If other cities follow Los Angeles' thinking, then
The proposal recommends that electric vehicles Uber and Lyft will have to follow suit in many
would account for 30% of all light-duty passenger countries around the world.
vehicles on the road and at least 80% of all Which Australian state will be the first to take up
vehicles sold by 2028. the initiative and follow Los Angeles' lead?

It is agreed by the majority that things have to
change to slow down the effects of climate change
and one of those things is to replace the internal Maurice Blackburn class
combustion engine vehicles with electric vehicles.
action against Uber
Since the inception of ride sharing by Uber back
in 2012, there has been a huge increase in the The Open Class Action against Uber was brought
amount of pollution due to the travelling and to Maurice Blackburn by the Transport Matters
cruising of the extra vehicles that transport fare Party Leader, Rod Barton and TAA President, André
paying passengers.

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