Citing record-high prices for gasoline, Uber is charging customers a new fuel fee to help offset costs for ride-hail and delivery drivers.
Highlights
- Uber is charging customers a new fuel fee to help offset costs for ride-hail and delivery drivers.
- The temporary surcharge will be either 45 cents or 55 cents for each Uber trip and 35 cents for Uber Eats order.
- All the money will go directly to drivers, San Francisco-based Uber said.
- The surcharges are based on the average trip distance and the increase in gas prices in each state.
- The average price of gasoline in the U.S.
- hit a record $4.17 a gallon this week as President Joe Biden banned imports of Russian oil, gas and coal in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine.