Great news. Minimizing the amount of street-level pollution will make these walkable cities more pleasant for pedestrians. Reduced noise pollution is another side benefit. Hoping to see a similar effort in SF. Hate walking near NoPa/GGP with all the traffic passing by the Panhandle area.
They should probably also have an entry fee for every vehicle with a tailpipe starting 2030. The pollution (and engine noise!) in NYC is a real quality of life issue.
We'll see if there's enough availability of economical EVs by then. Plus the charging infrastructure.<p>Is there currently an EV that would be economical to operate as an Uber/Lyft/taxi? The Prius, very popular with drivers, seems to sell for MSRP $28k, and pretty much all the Ubers I get are 100k miles or more. I don't think there's a modern EV that sells for much below $40k? And certainly there is no used market with lots of reliable 100k mile vehicles yet.<p>For comparison, the last Uber driver I talked to had bought his Prius for $5k or so at 155k miles, and had since put 80k miles on it. The bulk of the ride sharing fleet seems to hover around this level. If EVs ever get that cheap (and I'm not sure they will), I doubt it'll be in 7 years.