Rapport d'Uber sur l'évaluation et le rendement climatiques

Our Climate Assessment and Performance Report provides city officials, environmental advocates, users, and other stakeholders with performance-based metrics on climate-related emissions, electrification progress, and efficiency metrics for passenger trips enabled by the Uber app.

The environmental impact of trips completed with Uber’s app matters. It is our responsibility to report transparently on performance and take action to improve it. Our estimates show that emissions resulting from the use of our platform are the most material component of Uber’s carbon footprint. This report, based on real-world use of our platform, provides greater transparency on our climate impact and helps us improve our efforts to support drivers' fair transition to ZEVs and reduce emissions resulting from rides.

You can read our first report (2020) here and our second report (2021) here.

Metrics include the following:

• EV use by drivers on Uber (share of on-trip miles or kilometers completed in ZEVs), which measures our progress toward our goal of 100% zero-emission mobility on Uber by 2040
• Travel efficiency, which evaluates how well we help people move while minimizing car use
• Carbon intensity, which measures the emissions resulting from every passenger mile

We have bold ambitions to reduce the carbon intensity of every trip facilitated by Uber to zero emissions in the next 2 decades. We cannot reach that goal without knowing where we stand today.

Rides with the Uber app are one of many transportation options available to riders. Trip choice depends a lot on various local market conditions.

We added major European markets to our second annual report, published in 2021, and now cover passenger rides completed in the US, Canada, and a large portion of our European market. We’re committed to regular reporting on climate emissions and other impact areas resulting from trips on Uber. We plan to expand the geographic scope of markets covered in the report over time.

We update all metrics at least annually and may update some metrics more frequently, as available. We plan to release emissions metrics (like passenger carbon intensity) annually, aggregated by calendar year.

We use the term “zero-emission vehicle” (ZEV) the same way the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and Europe’s Transport & Environment (T&E) do: to refer to vehicles that produce no direct CO2 emissions or other criteria air pollutants (such as NOx, particulate matter, CO₂, and SOx) from the on-board source of power.

Drivers using Uber’s app use 2 types of ZEVs today: battery electric vehicles (battery EVs) and, very occasionally, hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).

Of course, the “zero” in ZEV refers to no emissions from the proverbial “tailpipe” of the vehicle and not necessarily all the emissions that can be accounted for from production to disposal of the vehicle and its energy source. All accounted for, however, life-cycle analyses by independent experts show that “emissions over the lifetime of average medium-size battery EVs registered today are already lower than comparable gasoline cars by 66%–69% in Europe, 60%–68% in the United States, 37%–45% in China, and 19%–34% in India.”

Our 2022 report covers passenger rides completed in the US, Canada, and a large portion of our European market. Over time, we plan to extend our approach to transparency, learnings, and sustainability strategies to our delivery and freight businesses as well.