Electric vehicle sales have hit the brakes in Europe and the US in recent months, as cost-conscious drivers have opted for cars with exhaust pipes instead. Bucking the trend is ride-sharing giant Uber, which is not only adding zero emission models to its fleet, but also lobbying regulators to demand more EVs on the road. On Zero, Dara Khosrowshahi discusses the company’s short and long-term green goals, and tells Akshat Rathi why he believes electric cars are good for business – not just for the environment. He also discusses autonomous cars, flying taxis, carbon accounting and what a just transition would look like for the company’s workforce. 

Explore further:
Past episode about the climate case for flying cars
Past episode with Scottish Power CEO Keith Anderson about what the unstoppable march towards electrification means for the power grid
Past Big Take episode about flying taxis 
Bloomberg News investigation into how Uber and Lyft used a loophole to deny drivers pay

Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Aaron Rutkoff, Siobhan Wagner, Ethan Steinberg, and Monique Mulima. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit https://www.bloomberg.com/green.

Electric vehicle sales have hit the brakes in Europe and the US in recent months, as cost-conscious drivers have opted for cars with exhaust pipes instead. Bucking the trend is ride-sharing giant Uber, which is not only adding zero emission models to its fleet, but also lobbying regulators to demand more EVs on the road. On Zero, Dara Khosrowshahi discusses the company’s short and long-term green goals, and tells Akshat Rathi why he believes electric cars are good for business – not just for the environment. He also discusses autonomous cars, flying taxis, carbon accounting and what a just transition would look like for the company’s workforce. 
Explore further:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/be042ea6-4d91-4f16-8376-afe200a12ba4">about the climate case for flying cars</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Past episode w<a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/d18ce709-cef2-49fd-84c8-b1bd011e69aa">ith Scottish Power CEO Keith Anderson about what the unstoppable march towards electrification means for the power grid</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Past <a href="https://omnystudio.com/p/zero/clips/1844fbdf-abf5-4639-bca0-b1e200bbadfb">Big Take episode about flying taxis </a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Bloomberg News investigation <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-uber-lyft-nyc-drivers-pay-lockouts/">into how Uber and Lyft used a loophole to deny drivers pay</a></li>
</ul>
Zero is a production of Bloomberg Green. Our producer is Mythili Rao. Special thanks this week to Aaron Rutkoff, Siobhan Wagner, Ethan Steinberg, and Monique Mulima. Thoughts or suggestions? Email us at zeropod@bloomberg.net. For more coverage of climate change and solutions, visit <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/green">https://www.bloomberg.com/green</a>.

Zero is about the tactics and technologies taking us to a world of zero emissions. Each week Bloomberg’s award-winning reporter Akshat Rathi talks to the people tackling climate change – a venture capitalist hunting for the best cleantech investment, scientists starting companies, politicians who have successfully created climate laws, and CEOs who have completely transformed their businesses. The road to zero emissions has many paths and everyone’s got an opinion about the best route. Listen in.

Zero: The Climate Race

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The backlash against EVs is growing. Uber is pushing back.

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/cd2a922a-c660-44b6-93f2-b20b01328618/transcript

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