Should all 9,730 new applications be approved by the TLC — a process expected to take months — the total 11,930 electric cars would make up 13.6% of a rideshare fleet totaling 87,730 vehicles.

The 1,000 plates for EVs come on top of about 74,000 rideshares currently zooming around the city — a number capped through the TLC’s moratorium on issuing new rideshare plates.

TLC licensed drivers are using private cars as livery cabs in New York City. Unless you look at the plates, you would never know. That’s the concern, said Fernando Mateo, the founder of the New ...