New electric-only rideshare app Earth Rides launches in Austin

AUSTIN, Texas - A new rideshare app has launched in Austin that operates exclusively with electric vehicles. 

Earth Rides works just like Uber or Lyft and operates currently in Austin and Nashville, Tenn.

The company says 20% of the app’s 40 drivers are in Austin and are currently independent contractors. It says the company is still expanding.

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