Uber plans to electrify uberX in London by 2019, entire city fleet by 2025

 "It's adding a £0.35 ($0.45 US) fee on the rider to rides in the city to help pay for the transition. " 

Government edicts always cost consumers money

I can just see all these EV Uber drivers running out of juice during a ride and waiting in lines for hours to get their car topped up (30 minutes vs 5 minutes to gas up a car)...

 "A recent study finds that UberX  drivers are 50 percent more efficient  than taxi drivers in terms of passengers per miles driven. Due to better  technology and other factors, Uber is able to cut down  not only on the  time wasted when drivers cruise the streets without a  passenger, but  also on the gasoline wasted when this happens. Isn’t it  strange, then,  that the Quebec government reacted to this  gasoline-saving  transportation service by seizing Uber vehicles and  slapping Uber  drivers with fines to get them off the roads – all the  while  subsidizing electric and hybrid vehicles to the tune of up to  $8,000  each, ostensibly to encourage more fuel-efficient transportation? "