Cab aggregator Uber said on Thursday that it is deploying over 1,000 electric vehicles across five cities, including Mumbai, for a greener commute. In partnership with Lithium Urban Technologies, the major cities besides Mumbai will include Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune with vehicle charging hubs with the capacity to charge multiple cars and buses simultaneously.

"There are also fast and slow chargers installed at multiple sites across these cities. While a fast charger can charge a sedan in 90 minutes, a slow charger can do that in eight to nine hours," an official said, adding that plans are afoot to scale up operations to 2,000 electric vehicles over the next 12 months.