Uber pledges £5m toward electric vehicle charging points in London

Firm will install public chargers in poorer boroughs to persuade its drivers to switch to electric carsUber has pledged to invest more than £5m in public electric vehicle charging infrastructure in some of the poorest boroughs in London, to help persuade its reluctant drivers to switch to electric cars.The global ride-hailing firm will announce the investment, which it admits is only a fraction of the money needed, as it seeks to highlight the imbalance across the capital in the installati