Uber logged its highest-ever electric vehicle (EV) ride totals in the third quarter of 2026, with 424,000 drivers using EVs on its platform—a 52% jump from the same three-month stretch the prior year. Worldwide, those drivers completed 207.4 million EV rides, averaging 26 trips per second, a rise from 2025’s figures. The increase aligns with Uber’s emissions-reduction efforts, though the company admits its 2030 sustainability targets now appear unattainable under existing progress.
Europe showed the strongest adoption, with one in five Uber trips in the region made via EVs, compared to just one in ten in the U.S. and Canada. On average, there were 434,000 EV drivers active on Uber from July through September globally, up 52% from the same period last year, when looking at the charts provided by the ride-hailing company, the difference between Europe and the U.S. and Canada is astonishing.
Even from the start of the chart, in Q1 2021, Europe had a consistent lead when it comes to electrification, but the two North American countries were left in the dust starting in the third quarter of 2024. European drivers flocked to EVs, helped by various incentives and a boost in the charging infrastructure, while Americans’ and Canadians’ uptake stayed relatively flat. For its part, Uber has offered cash bonuses to drivers who wanted to switch to an EV.
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In the U.S. and Canada, each mile driven through Uber generated 318 grams of CO₂ in Q3 2026, a slight improvement from 340 grams in 2024 but still above the 306-gram average recorded in 2023. Europe’s emissions per mile stood at 186 grams, though this remained above the 183 grams logged in 2022. The company cites stricter U.S. fuel economy standards and higher EV adoption in Europe as key factors in the regional difference.
Uber’s performance in 2026 fell short of its 2025 milestones. In London and Amsterdam, it had targeted 100% zero-emission rides but reached only 41%. For seven European capitals, the goal was 50% EV miles by year’s end; the actual result was 32%. By the end of the decade, 100% of rides in Canada, Europe, and the U.S. should be zero-emission, but Uber is realistic and knows that it’s highly unlikely that it will finish 2030 with these numbers. Still, the company says it’s “deeply committed to this transition,” even though many levers are outside of its control.
