In LA, Electric Ubers Stick to Affluent Neighborhoods

In Los Angeles, Teslas tends to snooze in the affluent canyons and beach neighborhoods, ringing the city’s urban center like celebrity mansions. Most of the public charging plugs for those expensive electric vehicles, understandably, have been built nearby.

Of course, there are plenty of less affluent EV pilots driving for Lyft, Uber and similar ride-hailing services. But it turns out, those drivers typically follow the plugs to tony zip codes. That leaves gas-powered wheels in the fleet with a greater share of the trips in the city’s poorer neighborhoods, exacerbating the emissions …