First Uber, and now Lyft, US ride-hailing companies are adding a fuel surcharge to customers’ fares, at least temporarily.
On 11 March 2022, Uber announced that customers would be paying a fuel surcharge of ‘either $0.45 or $0.55’ for rides and ‘either $0.35 or $0.45’ for Eats orders. Now, about four days later, Lyft is joining its sister company in upping fares.
In a statement, Lyft spokesperson CJ Macklin said: “We’ve been closely monitoring rising gas prices and their impact on our driver community. Driver earnings overall remain elevated compared to last year, but given the rapid rise in gas prices we’ll be asking riders to pay a temporary fuel surcharge, all of which will go to drivers. We’ll share more details shortly.”
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One encouraging detail from the announcement is that the additional money goes to riders. However, Lyft does not say if the surcharge will apply to drivers using electric vehicles. This missing piece of detail was part of Uber’s statement, which clarified that EV drivers would also benefit from the surcharge addition.
The increasing gas prices have led to several conversations about EVs and their role in these sorts of situations. However, as Tesla CEO Elon Musk said, EVs are not yet at that stage where they can completely replace fuel cars. While it is not solely responsible, the Ukraine-Russian conflict has been blamed for the increasing gas prices.
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