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Electric Class

Ride service in battery electric vehicles in urban areas

August 2019

Electric Class

Ride service in battery electric vehicles in urban areas

  • World Alliance Member
  • Featured Solution
  • Labelled Solution
Label Date August 22, 2019
From Germany
Maturity stage TRL 9 / CRI 5-6 - Market competition driving widespread deployment &/"Bankable" grade asset class

Chauffeured rides can be booked through its website and apps (iOS and Android). Guests enter their pick-up and drop-off locations, pick-up date, and pick-up time, and then receive vehicle options. If they choose a ride in the metropolitan area of a city with all-electric vehicles, then they can choose a Green Class ride. The service comes with the same high quality and full duty of care as other trips performed with combustion-engine vehicles. Green Class vehicles emit zero grams of CO2 per kilometer traveled which means a single vehicle saves around 15 367 tons of CO2 per year assuming 121 000 kilometers of distance traveled.

The Environmental Benefits

  • Full chauffeur service for trips in cities, airports.
  • Chauffeurs driving in electric-battery vehicles save on fuel and combustion-engine maintenance costs.

The Financial Benefits

  • 96 EUR estimated price for one-way trip from Paris city center to CDG Airport.
  • 102 GBP estimated price for one-way trip from London city center to LHR Airport.
  • 103 USD estimated price for one-way trip from Seattle city center to SEA Airport.

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Blacklane

Reinventing global chauffeur services by reducing chauffeurs' empty trips and offsetting rides' carbon footprints.

Headquarters 10827 Berlin, Germany
Type Company
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