Uber Drivers Completed 207.4 Million EV Trips in the Third Quarter

Uber drivers completed 207.4 million trips in electric vehicles in the third quarter, more than 26 EV trips a second on average, InsideEVs reported. That is 52 percent more EV trips than in the same period a year earlier. About 434,000 EV drivers were active on Uber worldwide from July through September, also up 52 percent from a year ago. InsideEVs' headline figure of "over 424,000" and the later 434,000 average both appear in the same report; the 434,000 figure is the quarterly average InsideEVs used in the body.

In Europe, one in five Uber trips in the quarter was in an EV. In the United States and Canada, one in ten riders ended up in an electric car. European uptake pulled ahead of North America starting in the third quarter of 2024, InsideEVs said, helped by incentives and charging access, while American and Canadian uptake stayed relatively flat. Uber has offered cash bonuses to drivers who switch to an EV.

The 2030 goals are still out of reach

The record trip count is not the whole story. InsideEVs said Uber has missed almost all of its sustainability targets for 2025 and is on track to miss its end-of-2030 goals by a wide margin. The company itself, the report said, is aware that based on current trends those 2030 goals "continue to be out of reach," even as it says it remains "deeply committed to this transition."

In the United States and Canada, every mile a passenger traveled on Uber resulted in an average of 318 grams of carbon dioxide. That is better than 340 grams in 2024, but worse than 306 grams in 2023. In Europe the average was 186 grams of CO2 per passenger-mile last year, lower than in 2024 and 2023 but still above the 183-gram average in 2022. Uber linked the Europe-versus-North America gap to two things: European drivers choose EVs and hybrids more often, and U.S. fuel-economy reporting standards are more stringent, which also widens the numerical difference.

Specific 2025 targets were missed by a lot. Uber had wanted 100 percent of rides in London and Amsterdam to be zero-emission; the result was 41 percent. It had envisioned 50 percent of mobility miles in seven European capitals in electric vehicles; the year ended at 32 percent. By the end of the decade, Uber's plan is for 100 percent of rides in Canada, Europe, and the United States to be zero-emission. InsideEVs said the company is realistic that it is highly unlikely to hit that, and that many of the levers sit outside its control.

The verified snapshot is mixed: a record 207.4 million EV trips in one quarter, one in five European Uber rides already electric, and a 2030 zero-emission target the company does not expect to meet on the current path.