Uber is funding the programs to get unsafe batteries off the streets.
Uber says it will fund an e-bike buy-back program for delivery workers in New York City in a bid to get fire-prone batteries off the streets. The company also said it would support an additional fee on food deliveries to help workers afford safer options.
Uber is working with e-bike company Zoomo and a nonprofit called the Equitable Commute Project on two different trade-in programs. According to the company, delivery workers can trade in older e-bikes for credit that they can invest in a new e-bike, as well as access “rent-to-own pricing models and priority repairs and services.
The problem is that UL-certified batteries tend to be more expensive than uncertified ones, and delivery workers take home just $7.09 an hour on average,The problem is that UL-certified batteries tend to be more expensive than uncertified ones
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