Revel, a Brooklyn-born electric vehicle ride-share company, is celebrating one million ride-shares across New York since its conception in 2021.
To mark the occasion, Revel invited Senate majority leader Charles Schumer to take the one millionth ride.
“Revel is undertaking something very new and exciting and that is to lay out charging infrastructure throughout New York, so cars — whether they be cars like Revel’s, or Ubers, or Lyfts or privately owned cars — can charge up on the streets,” said Schumer.
The all-EV ride-share company was launched in 2021 with a pilot of 50 Tesla Model Ys in Lower Manhattan.
Today, Revel has a fleet of about 300 active EVs — including Tesla Model Ys and Model 3s and Kia Niro EVs — delivering rides in all five boroughs, parts of northern New Jersey, and to-and-from the three major NYC airports.
The company actively employs 1,000 drivers and plans to grow its workforce to over 1,800 by the end of the year.
Revel also operates two charging 'superhubs,' including one in Bed-Stuy. It plans to add over 130 plugs by the end of 2023 and hundreds more in the next year. The charging hubs are open to the public 24/7, have no paywalls or hidden fees, can fully charge EVs in minutes and are equipped with NACS and CCS standard plug types.
By providing one million electric rides, Revel has offset 4,065,580 pounds of vehicle-based carbon emissions, or about 1,844 metric tons. That is equivalent to the CO2 capture of over 42,000 mature trees over the same time span.
“As a Brooklyn-born company, we were honored to have another native of the borough, Schumer, take our one millionth zero-emission EV ride and show how electrification is taking hold in New York City,” said Revel co-founder and CEO, Frank Reig.
Revel credits several federal and state programs for funding and programs to support the development of EV infrastructure. The programs include the Inflation Reduction Act, Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit and the Clean Vehicle Tax Credit.
“Thanks to the historic Inflation Reduction Act led by Senator Schumer and the Biden Administration, Revel is able to help New York and more dense U.S. cities access EVs faster, lowering transportation emissions and improving local air quality,” said Reig.
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