The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that Uber said Wednesday that it would offer incentives to other companies to install electric-vehicle chargers in the United States and Europe. A New York Times dispatch to The Globe quotes Uber saying it would install chargers in neighbourhoods where its drivers lived or often picked up or dropped off passengers. The offer should allow charging operators to more quickly recoup their investment in new stations. How much chargers are used is difficult to predict. Sales of electric vehicles slumped in the United States after Republicans in Congress and President Donald Trump revoked various policies intended to encourage sales of cars with no tailpipe emissions. However, construction of charging stations grew at a record pace last year despite the policy shift, in part because of Uber drivers such as Charles Iwuoha, one of 13,000 ride-hailing drivers who use electric vehicles in New York. He bought a Kia EV9, an electric sport utility vehicle, last year with financial help from Uber. The car's battery lasts a full 10-hour shift, Mr. Iwuoha said -- and it costs him $20 (U.S.) to $40 (U.S.) less to charge the car than refuelling the gasoline vehicle he previously owned.