Sentences with phrase «[potential drivers»

Drivers in California will have access to GM's all - electric vehicles, in addition to standard cars such as Buick Regal or Chevrolet Impala.

«He had only one actual job when he came to the U.S., as a UPS driver,» she says.

Vehicle safety translates to driver and passenger safety.

As a result, the industry can't recruit enough drivers even as the economy rebounds.

Workhorse said that each truck will be able to drive nearly 100 miles before needing to charge, and will optimize the driver compartment and cargo area in efforts to increase efficiency and reduce vehicle weight.

The company regularly posts quarterly losses with few historical parallels, even as regulators and critics argue with growing vehemence that the company is exploiting and underpaying its drivers.

Uber has sought arbitration in other cases involving alleged sexual violence against its passengers by drivers, as well as in battles with its drivers seeking better compensation.

You'll spend your time on two key coordination pieces — getting the contracts and accounts with the manufacturers who need goods transported and then finding drivers who can fulfill those contracts on schedule.

Uber, the dominant player in the ride - hailing space, also has a short - term rental program for drivers.

Regulators such as the Financial Services Commission of Ontario have also strongly expressed the opinion that telematics devices should be used primarily for the benefit of the consumer, and to help individuals become better drivers (as evidenced by a presentation given by the FSCO at a UBI Symposium this past February).

Drivers, who must be 21 or over, own or lease a 2008 or newer vehicle and pass a background check — download Wrapify's proprietary mobile application, which can only be engaged in their personal vehicle.

Fear of losing what you've earned can squelch the drivers of your dream such as risk - taking, innovation and ambition.

Apple's new system, which requires users to plug in their iPhones with a Lightning cable to use, enables drivers to make calls, get directions, listen to music, send and receive text and email messages and a heck of a lot more «with just a word or a touch,» all in a way that allows you to stay focused on the road, Apple says.

(One driver's total cut after a night with 10 hails: $ 15.51.)

Customers are all driven by different parameters, which means that you need to do a lot of listening and keeping track of the likes, dislikes and drivers of your customers» behavior.

Subcontract drivers.

Flying bullets aside, the state has the second - highest number of yearly road deaths per 100,000 drivers (7.9).

His father Fred never graduated from high school and held a series of blue - collar jobs including truck driver, factory worker and cab driver.

But higher oil prices are certainly an inconvenience for drivers, especially those with lower incomes.

The most striking difference between the two companies is probably Lyft's onboarding process, which includes a training ride where a new driver rides with someone more experienced.

The women recount being assaulted, groped and raped by their drivers in the letter.

For Honeywell, China is now both the biggest international market and the biggest growth driver.

We offer dire warnings to kids not to speak to strangers, but the ability to strike up a polite conversation with everyone from the bus driver to your new boss is actually a hallmark of maturity, according to Lythcott - Haims.

And keep in mind that the vast majority of tractor - trailer drivers are not just consummate professionals, they're better drivers than we are.

Pundits rail against income inequality — but new research suggests it's a key driver of prosperity

These drivers also deliver items for Amazon, Prime Now, Amazon Fresh, and Amazon Restaurants.

It's not just the city's licensed cab drivers who have declared war on UberX.

In the meantime, muni experts point out states can renegotiate contracts with servicers, raise fees on things like drivers license renewals, sell assets and privatize prisons and tolls roads to cut expenses and raise cash.

These regulations cover everything from «pedicab driver permits» to «limit on number of taxicabs allowed,» «transfer of decal, permit, or taxiplate interest prohibited,» «currently permitted companies, vehicles, and drivers grandfathered; renewal process,» and «operation of horse drawn carriages: requirements and prohibitions.»

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency had apparently been sending vehicle safety defect reports to the automaker from 2011 on.

When you put it like that, Uber's position that it is merely a «platform» that drivers and passengers use to transact business together looks pretty silly.

Someday, a driver will crash into a wall at 200 miles per hour.

Or maybe a combination of both — a manageable number of drivers and size of your owned fleet with a stable of contract drivers to call on when you get more contracts than you can handle.

According to Wolcott, Uber has a strategic intent of providing self - driving cars, but while the technology evolves it is managing with human drivers.

But if you expand enough, you'll end up with employees, whether they're drivers or a bookkeeper or a scheduler or whatever peripheral duties need to be done to keep your business going.

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However, most drivers aren't mathematicians.

However, you'll also be paying them a higher fee than if you were paying your own drivers, which cuts into profits.

But the possibility that we could have one million unemployed truck drivers in 10 years, we don't approach those problems with the same sense of urgency.

Payment to the driver is on a weekly basis.

Here's my list of the most annoying things other drivers do.

The driver was heading south on busy Yonge Street around 1:30 p.m. and the streets were crowded with people enjoying an unseasonably warm day when the van jumped onto the sidewalk.

They typically react (slowly at best) to three outside drivers: (a) their competition brings a new offering to market, and they need a quick competitive response; (b) their customers see and begin to adopt new processes and solutions, and the customers demand that their products and services conform to the new ways of doing business; or (c) they see a new tool, product, or service in the market offered by a new player and they quickly determine that this is a game - changer which they need to own (rather than try to build themselves) because they lack the internal capacity to do otherwise.

In its complaint, the FTC alleged Uber did not, as it claimed, monitor employee access to customer and driver data.

Under this ruling, however, Uber must treat its drivers in the U.K. as employees.

Lyft also engendered trust with riders, Zimmer says, through background checks of drivers.

Nothing is worse after a car accident — fender bender or otherwise — than having an argument with the other driver about what really happened.

She decided it was better for the horse and meant the drivers were fresher if they stopped for the night and stayed in stalls and hotels rather than in the rig.

In a release Monday, Lyft and GM announced the expansion of their joint vehicle - rental program, which allows Lyft drivers to rent a nearly - new GM vehicle for the short -(or, occasionally, long --RRB- term.

Under Kalanick, Uber had run roughshod over regulators, faced accusations of rampant sexual harassment, and allegedly obtained medical records of a woman in who said an Uber driver in India had raped her (Uber recently settled a U.S. lawsuit that the woman had filed against the company).