Source: Uber to stop using diesel cars in London by end 2019 | Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - Uber [UBER.UL] will cease using diesel cars in London by the end of 2019 and the vast majority of rides will be in electric or hybrid vehicles by then, the taxi app said on Friday. At the moment the company says around half of all the journey miles completed in the British capital are undertaken with greener vehicles on the firm’s standard low-cost UberX service, which lets customers book journeys on their smartphone. Several carmakers have announced plans in recent months to electrify a large proportion of their new cars, with Volvo [GEELY.UL] becoming the first major carmaker to set a date for phasing out vehicles powered solely by the internal combustion engine. . . . Perhaps Toyota might reconsider some of their product mixes in the UK. Bob Wilson
hopefully, the market will force them. they don't seem to be interested in taking a leadership position.
