The management of Uber Technologies Inc has announced that U.S. customers will have to pay a fuel surcharge from March 16 as the American mobility service provider address concerns of drivers and couriers hit by record-high gasoline prices.
This, however, excludes New York City.

The American Mobility service provider reports that customers will have to pay a surcharge fee of either 45 cents or 55 cents on each Uber trip and 35 cents or 45 cents on each Uber Eats order, depending on their location. It noted that the money charged will go directly to the workers.

The surcharge will last for at least 60 days after which it will make adjustments based on feedback from workers and customers.

This development is mainly driven by Uber drivers who have been protesting on social media over high gas costs that have been eating into their earnings even as the company raised its profitability outlook, with some asking if it was still worth getting behind the wheel.

Following the Western sanctions of the attack on Ukraine by Russia, a major oil producer, the global oil trade has experienced a dip and could further lift gasoline prices.

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