Just yesterday, Ride-hailing company Uber outed a new plan where it will spend money on paying drivers an extra fee and also provide special membership services and app features to drivers who make use of electric vehicles.

The company announced it’s pilot program which will see drivers in some incentives get financial incentives for the use of electric vehicles on the Uber service with the company also partnering UC-Davis researchers and other organizations to explore newer ways of encouraging the use of electric vehicles.

The program dubbed “EV Champions Initiative” is being done in a bid by the company to boost up sustainable transportation methods in the environment which provides a good transport solution for the eco-system of various cities as Uber is now focusing on electrification as part of their efforts.

Drivers in the city of San Diego who use EV Vehicles will now get bonuses of up to $20 per week in addition to a $1 bonus per ride made in an electric vehicle. This program stretches to other 6 cities consisting of Los Angeles, Austin, San Francisco, Montreal, Sacramento and Seattle.

Although not all city programs currently involve cash bonuses, Several incentives including educational assistance, specific app features, rebates and other form of incentives to provide good attractions for drivers in various cities.

This program comes after Uber’s major U.S. competitor Lyft recently announced its program and huge investment towards being a carbon-neutral ride-hailing service with the company targeting 1 Billion rides per year using with the use of electric autonomous vehicles by the year 2025.

Lyft currently has 100,00 riders making use of electric vehicles on its service in addition to the around 4 million trips taking with electric cars on Uber’s service in the U.S. and Canada last year which indicates a widespread and increasing adoption of the use of EVs on several ride-hailing services.

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