Uber will soon detail plan to stop using diesel cars in London

A taxi drives past the London Eye in central London, Britain September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files

LONDON: Uber said it will provide more information in the coming weeks on how it plans to stop diesel using cars in London and of a proposed scrappage scheme, as the court date nears for the taxi app to defend its right to operate in London nears.

The Silicon Valley firm said in September it will stop using diesel cars in London by the end of 2019 and that the vast majority of rides will be in electric or hybrid vehicles by then.