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Electric Vehicle Ride Challenge

In California, Massachusetts, Maryland, D.C. Metropolitan Area, and Toronto, drivers with a personal electric vehicle (EV) are eligible for the EV Ride Challenge. Bonus amounts may vary by region. Completed rides (with pickups in your approved market, using a qualifying EV) count towards the ride requirement.
Note: This EV Ride Challenge is only available to drivers in the regions identified above with a personal vehicle. Express Drive renters in California and Massachusetts are eligible for a separate EV multi-tier bonus.
For more information about the Express Drive EV bonus, click here.
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Getting the EV bonus
Once your EV is added to your account, you can earn a bonus by giving 50 rides with your EV in a week.
Eligible hours for earnings are:
  1. Monday 5 AM to the following Monday 4:59 AM
Ride count and bonuses will reset every Monday at 5 AM.
Each week, every completed ride with a pickup in your approved market or within your region in Canada using a qualifying EV counts toward the 50 ride requirement. The bonus will be available in your earnings one hour after you have completed 50 rides.
Note: The bonus can only be earned once per week. If you give more than 50 rides in a week, the extra rides don’t roll over into the following week.
Tracking your EV bonus
As you make progress toward the ride requirement, you’ll be able to track your bonus from the Driver app home screen.
To track your progress, tap ‘EV Bonus’ on the home screen.
Note: Offers are personalized and vary weekly but may not be offered every week.
Terms For California EV Ride Challenge
Your bonus offer will vary each week. The incentives tab in your Lyft Driver app will show you your bonus offer.
  1. Participating in bonuses and incentives is always your choice. You aren't required to accept any specific request for services to maintain access to the Lyft app or Lyft platform.
  2. Participation in this California EV Ride Challenge is subject to Lyft’s Terms of Service (linked below).
  3. You must be approved in the state of California to be eligible to receive the bonus.
  4. All 100% Electric Vehicles, except for those rented through the Express Drive program, are eligible for the EV Bonus.
  5. There may be a delay of up to 1 week between adding an EV to your account, and becoming eligible for the California EV Ride Challenge offer.
  6. Only completed rideshare rides with pickups in your eligible EV in the state of California count toward the ride requirement.
  7. You will not receive a prorated bonus amount if you do not meet the ride requirement.
  8. In its sole discretion, Lyft may choose to reduce the ride requirement.
  9. Lyft reserves the right to withhold or deduct payments in the event of error, suspected fraud, illegality, or violation of Lyft’s Terms of Service or the terms listed in this section.
  10. The California EV Ride Challenge is being offered at the discretion of Lyft, and Lyft has the right to terminate the challenge, in whole or in part, or to change any aspect of the challenge, the California EV Ride Challenge Terms, benefits, conditions of participation, qualification criteria or earning thresholds, in whole or in part, at any time, with or without notice, even though such changes may affect the value of bonuses already accumulated. Lyft further reserves the right to make modifications to the California EV Ride Challenge only to limited cohorts of participants in its sole discretion.
Terms for Massachusetts, Maryland, and Metropolitan D.C. Area EV Ride Challenge
  1. Participating in bonuses and incentives is always your choice. You aren't required to accept any specific request for services to maintain access to the Lyft app or Lyft platform.
  2. Participation in this EV Ride Challenge is subject to Lyft’s Terms of Service (linked below).
  3. You must be approved in Massachusetts, Maryland, or D.C. Metropolitan Area to be eligible to receive the bonus.
  4. All 100% Electric Vehicles, except for those rented through the Express Drive program, are eligible for the $55 EV Bonus.
  5. There may be a delay of up to 2 weeks between adding an EV to your account, and becoming eligible for the EV Ride Challenge offer.
  6. Only completed rideshare rides with pickups in your eligible EV in your approved market count toward the 50-ride requirement.
  7. You may only participate in one state’s EV Ride Challenge per week.  Changing your region in the Lyft app may impact EV Ride Challenge eligibility, and there may be a delay between when you update your region and when you get new ride challenge offers.
  8. The maximum bonus amount you can receive each week from the EV Ride Challenge is $55. You will not receive a prorated bonus amount if you do not meet the 50-ride requirement.
  9. In its sole discretion, Lyft may choose to change the number of rides required to receive the $55 EV Bonus.  Lyft will notify you in advance via email in the event the number of required rides has changed for a given week.
  10. Lyft reserves the right to withhold or deduct payments in the event of error, suspected fraud, illegality, or violation of Lyft’s Terms of Service or the terms listed in this section.
  11. The EV Ride Challenge is being offered at the discretion of Lyft, and Lyft has the right to terminate the challenge, in whole or in part, or to change any aspect of the challenge, the EV Ride Challenge Terms, benefits, conditions of participation, qualification criteria or earning thresholds, in whole or in part, at any time, with or without notice, even though such changes may affect the value of bonuses already accumulated. Lyft further reserves the right to make modifications to the EV Ride Challenge only to limited cohorts of participants in its sole discretion.
Terms for Toronto EV Ride Challenge
  1. Participating in bonuses and incentives is always your choice. You aren't required to accept any specific request for services to maintain access to the Lyft app or Lyft platform.
  2. Participation in this EV Ride Challenge is subject to Lyft’s Terms of Service (linked below).
  3. You must be approved in Toronto or the Greater Toronto Area to be eligible to receive the bonus.
  4. All 100% Electric Vehicles, except for those rented through the Express Drive program, are eligible for the $55 (CAD) EV Bonus.
  5. There may be a delay of up to 2 weeks between adding an EV to your account, and becoming eligible for the EV Ride Challenge offer.
  6. Only completed rides with pickups in the city of Toronto or the Greater Toronto Area are approved to count toward the 50-ride requirement.
  7. The maximum bonus amount you can receive each week from the EV Ride Challenge is $55 (CAD). You will not receive a prorated bonus amount if you do not meet the 50-ride requirement.
  8. In its sole discretion, Lyft may choose to change the number of rides required to receive the $55 (CAD) EV Bonus.  Lyft will notify you in advance via email in the event the number of required rides has changed for a given week.
  9. Lyft reserves the right to withhold or deduct payments in the event of error, suspected fraud, illegality, or violation of Lyft’s Terms of Service or the terms listed in this section.
  10. The EV Ride Challenge is being offered at the discretion of Lyft, and Lyft has the right to terminate the challenge, in whole or in part, or to change any aspect of the challenge, the EV Ride Challenge Terms, benefits, conditions of participation, qualification criteria or earning thresholds, in whole or in part, at any time, with or without notice, even though such changes may affect the value of bonuses already accumulated. Lyft further reserves the right to make modifications to the EV Ride Challenge only to limited cohorts of participants in its sole discretion.

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