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Electric Vehicle Ride Challenge

In California, Massachusetts, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Illinois, St. Louis Metro Area, Maryland, D.C. Metropolitan Area, Toronto, and Vancouver, 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, Massachusetts, Oregon, and Nevada 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.  If you added a qualifying electric vehicle (EV) to the Lyft platform by December 31, 2023, then you will remain eligible to earn a $150 bonus in a week until you reach the $8100 maximum. If you reach the $8100 maximum, you will be eligible to earn the $80 bonus. If you added a qualifying electric vehicle (EV) to the Lyft platform after December 31, 2023 you will be eligible to earn an $100 bonus 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
You’ll receive an email every week letting you know that your EV bonus will be available to you during the following week.
As you make progress toward the 50 ride requirement, you’ll be able to track your bonus from the Driver app home screen.
To track your progress, tap ‘$150 EV Bonus’, ‘$100 EV Bonus’, or ‘$80 EV Bonus’ on the home screen.
California
General info for California
If you added a qualifying electric vehicle (EV) to the Lyft platform by December 31, 2023, then you will remain eligible to earn a $150 bonus for 50 rides every week until December 30, 2024, or until you reach the $8100 maximum. If you reach the $8100 maximum before December 16, 2024, then in subsequent weeks you will be eligible to earn the $80 bonus for 50 rides every week until December 30, 2024, subject to the terms for the $80 bonus.
  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.
  3. You will only be eligible for the California EV Ride Challenge if you are approved in the state of California and have an eligible EV on your account on or after November 28, 2022, and before 11:59pm PT on December 31, 2023.
  4. You will be eligible for the $150 EV Bonus until 4:59 AM PT on December 30, 2024.
  5. All 100% Electric Vehicles, except for those rented through the Express Drive program, are eligible for the $150 EV Bonus.
  6. 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.
  7. Only completed rideshare rides with pickups in your eligible EV in the state of California count toward the 50-ride requirement.
  8. The maximum bonus amount you can receive each week from the California EV Ride Challenge is $150. You will not receive a prorated bonus amount if you do not meet the 50-ride requirement.
  9. The maximum bonus amount you can receive over the entire duration of the $150 California EV Ride Challenge offer is $8,100. Once you receive the maximum amount, you will be eligible to earn the $80 bonus.
  10. In its sole discretion, Lyft may choose to reduce the ride requirement. If Lyft does reduce the requirement, Lyft may choose to later restore the requirement to 50 rides. However, the requirement will never exceed 50 rides.
  11. 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.
  12. 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 $80 California EV Ride Challenge
If you added a qualifying electric vehicle (EV) to the Lyft platform by December 31, 2023, then you will remain eligible to earn a $150 bonus for 50 rides every week until December 30, 2024, or until you reach the $8100 maximum.
If you reach the $8100 maximum before December 16, 2024, then in subsequent weeks you will be eligible to earn the $80 bonus for 50 rides every week until December 30, 2024, subject to the terms for the $80 bonus.
  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.
  3. You must be approved in the state of California to be eligible to receive the bonus.
  4. You will be eligible for the $80 EV Bonus until 4:59 AM PT on December 31, 2024.
  5. All 100% Electric Vehicles, except for those rented through the Express Drive program, are eligible for the $80 EV Bonus.
  6. 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.
  7. Only completed rideshare rides with pickups in your eligible EV in the state of California count toward the 50-ride requirement.
  8. The maximum bonus amount you can receive each week from the California EV Ride Challenge is $80. 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 reduce the ride requirement. If Lyft does reduce the requirement, Lyft may choose to later restore the requirement to 50 rides. However, the requirement will never exceed 50 rides.
  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 these terms.
  11. 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 $100 California EV Ride Challenge
If you added a qualifying electric vehicle (EV) to the Lyft platform after December 31, 2023, then you will remain eligible to earn a $100 bonus for 50 rides every week from July 22, 2024 until December 30, 2024.
  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. You will be eligible for the $100 EV Bonus until 4:59 AM PT on December 30, 2024.
  5. All 100% Electric Vehicles, except for those rented through the Express Drive program, are eligible for the $100 EV Bonus.
  6. 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.
  7. Only completed rideshare rides with pickups in your eligible EV in the state of California count toward the 50-ride requirement.
  8. The maximum bonus amount you can receive each week from the California EV Ride Challenge is $100. 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 reduce the ride requirement. If Lyft does reduce the requirement, Lyft may choose to later restore the requirement to 50 rides. However, the requirement will never exceed 50 rides.
  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 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, Washington, Oregon, and Nevada $100 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, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Illinois, St. Louis Metropolitan Area, Maryland, or Metropolitan D.C. Area to be eligible to receive the bonus.
  4. You will be eligible for the $100 EV Bonus until 4:59 AM (local time) on December 31, 2024.
  5. All 100% Electric Vehicles, except for those rented through the Express Drive program, are eligible for the $100 EV Bonus.
  6. 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.
  7. Only completed rideshare rides with pickups in your eligible EV in your approved market count toward the 50-ride requirement.
  8. 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.
  9. The maximum bonus amount you can receive each week from the EV Ride Challenge is $100. You will not receive a prorated bonus amount if you do not meet the 50-ride requirement.
  10. In its sole discretion, Lyft may choose to change the number of rides required to receive the $100 EV Bonus. Lyft will notify you in advance via email in the event the number of required rides has changed for a given week.
  11. 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 or the terms listed in this section.
  12. 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 Vancouver and Toronto $100 (CAD) 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 Vancouver, Toronto, or the Greater Toronto Area to be eligible to receive the bonus.
  4. You will be eligible for the $100 (CAD) EV Bonus until 4:59 AM (local time) on December 30, 2024.
  5. All 100% Electric Vehicles, except for those rented through the Express Drive program, are eligible for the $100 (CAD) EV Bonus.
  6. 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.
  7. For Toronto/Greater Toronto Area drivers, only completed rides with pickups in the city of Toronto or the Greater Toronto Area, and for Vancouver drivers, only completed rides with pickups in Vancouver, are approved to count toward the 50-ride requirement.
  8. The maximum bonus amount you can receive each week from the EV Ride Challenge is $100 (CAD). 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 $100 (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.
  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.

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