According to a new report from New York City’s Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC), major strides have been made as it seeks to transition all app-hail vehicles operating in the city to be either zero-emission or wheelchair accessible by 2030. Electrification in Motion: An Update on New York City’s Electric For-Hire Vehicle Fleet details the progress of TLC’s Green Rides Initiative. As of August, 19% of app-hail trips were conducted in either an EV or wheelchair accessible vehicle (WAV), significantly higher than this year’s 5% goal. More than 14 million EV trips have saved a combined 19,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions this year – the equivalent of powering nearly 3,800 homes for a full year.
Some additional new data from Electrification in Motion:
- Driver pay is consistently higher for EVs than gas-powered FHVs.
- Most EV trips are in Manhattan (38%), Brooklyn (26%), and Queens (24%).
- The average for-hire EV performed 24 more trips in June 2024 than in Jan. 2023, while gas-powered vehicles performed three fewer trips on average.
- Of the almost 10,000 EV applications submitted after the announcement of the Green Rides Initiative, roughly 9 in 10 went to individual drivers.
Source: NYC TLC
