Nissan and Uber have signed a joint deal for the commission of up to 2,000 electric cars to be made available to drivers using the ride-hailing app in London, as part of a wider campaign by Uber to have every one of its drivers using fully electric vehicles by 2025.
The contract, hailed a “bold vision” by Uber, will see 2,000 all-electric Nissan LEAFs manufactured at the carmaker’s Sunderland plant and ready for deployment in the capital as the ridesharing company gears up to make around 45,000 of its drivers fully electric in the next five years. The move also comes amid an appeal by…
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