Originally Posted by
jamesteroh
In NYC do lyft/uber drivers have to have livery license plates? Here and in most states I know of the drivers are private contractors using their own cars and only have to have regular plates and a regular operator license.
If Lyfts will have to be electric they will never find new drivers in NYC. Parking is at a premium as it is and I don't remember seeing any places with charging stations. Not to mention the cruising range on some electric cars isn't that long of a distance.
Since NYC is requiring the cars be electric I hope they aren't like Ohio and some other states that are imposing an additional fee on the car because they aren't paying their fair share of gas taxes. It pisses me off that I pay an additional $100 a year when I renew my plates because my car is a hybrid (and it would be $200 if it was electric a year).
Yes Uber and Lyft have the T plates. And yes they are private contractors using their own cars, or sometimes they work for a transport company and do not own their own cars. I asked the driver and he said he is independent and purchased his own Tesla.
And yes there are places to charge your electric car here. These charging places are growing to meet the demand. They have thought this out.
BTW NYC is moving to electric buses too. Other cities already have electric buses. I saw one in Washington DC a few days ago. New York got 25 billion for this already and will ask for another $50 billion to convert all buses to electric/hydrogen. See
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/pol...ojq-story.html