Uber has been involved in a long list of scandals recently that have made the future
of the ride service uncertain.
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon says this is just another example
of ride service companies ignoring regulations.
Not exact matches
Take Uber, for example: The
ride - sharing company has taken a foray into the world
of food delivery, and the
service — which, according to The New York Times, is available in 120 markets worldwide — sometimes earns more than Uber's original offering.
Three women engineers have sued Uber for discrimination based
of their gender and race, the latest blow to the
ride -
services company that is straining to overcome a year
of controversies over its workplace culture.
It recently announced that it would launch a
ride - hailing
service of its own in China to compete against local giant Didi Chuxing.
Uber Technologies must promptly return stolen confidential files to Alphabet's (googl) Waymo self - driving car unit, a federal judge ruled, while stopping short
of shutting down the
ride -
services company's autonomous car program.
While Uber has spent billions expanding overseas — it's currently available in 581 cities in 81 countries worldwide — Lyft has partnerships with international
ride - hailing
services but still has no presence
of its own outside the United States.
The
ride - hailing
service published details
of its «on demand aviation» ambitions last year which it has called Uber Elevate.
Last April, Daimler launched Moovel, a series
of apps that allow users to book and pay for public transportation and see how well it integrates with other transit options, such as bike - or
ride - hailing
services, to get to a final destination.
In addition to driverless cars, increased usage
of ride - sharing and
ride - hailing
services are projected to generate $ 1 trillion in revenue for suppliers globally by 2040, latest industry figures indicate, according to SCMP.
Fasten differentiates itself by taking a 99 - cent cut
of every
ride facilitated on its
service, unlike Uber and Lyft, which both take percent cuts
of every fare.
And now Daimler is investing in Via in order to launch the
ride - sharing
service in London by the end
of the year and other European cities to follow.
And it's possible the province will update their transportation laws since the outgoing Liberal government has pledged to legalize
ride - sharing
services by the end
of the year.
As part
of the deal between Volkswagen and China's biggest
ride - hailing
service, expected to be signed early next...
The Democratic former Secretary
of State worries about
ride - sharing
service drivers making ends meet, but also praises the company for «creating exciting opportunities,» the Times reported.
Uber directors on Tuesday voted to allow Japan's SoftBank to invest in the
ride services company and approved a series
of governance changes that increases the independence
of the board and decreases the influence
of former CEO Travis Kalanick.
To play «backseat DJ,» you first need to connect your Spotify account with your Uber profile; when you request a
ride, a music bar will appear at the bottom
of the Uber app and you can select a playlist from your Spotify account while you wait for your car to show (although this only works if you get a music - enabled car, a detail that's apparently stressing out Uber drivers with older vehicles who fear they'll be penalized for not offering the
service).
Logan Green and John Zimmer, co-founders
of the Lyft
ride - sharing
service pledged to donate $ 1 million to the ACLU over the next four years.
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters)- France is entitled to bring criminal proceedings against local managers
of ride - hailing app Uber for running an illegal taxi
service, the EU top court ruled on Tuesday, dealing the Silicon Valley start - up another legal setback.
Barra brings experience helping GM, one
of America's most well - known companies, adapt to a changing technological landscape, including the advent
of ride - share
services and self - driving cars.
Swan Taxis has launched an update for its app, which now allows customers to book a cab
ride and make automatic cashless payments with the use
of a credit card, similar to the
service offered by competitor Uber.
Offers
ride - hailing and taxi hailing
services by connecting drivers with corporate and private passengers through the use
of an app.
It's not often that a breath
of fresh air wafts out
of Europe, but last night was a time for a few revolutionary comments about business, specifically that
ride - sharing
service Uber is «not a problem, just a new business model».
The Chinese firm agreed to acquire control
of Brazil's
ride service 99, the companies announced earlier this month.
Other automakers are exploring self - driving,
ride - sharing
services, but not so much the prospect
of letting owners elect when it is used in a fleet setting or not.
Montreal - based IT
services giant CGI Group has much
riding on CETA's completion after its recent $ 2.8 - billion acquisition
of British rival Logica.
Its Messenger
service can detect when people are in need
of services, such as a taxi
ride or a marketplace listing, by scanning their written communications.
But Honda's concept car envisions a
ride - sharing
service that is managed by the owners
of the car.
Lyft's carpooling
service, Lyft Line, accounted for the majority
of rides in San Francisco as
of the beginning
of the year, Green said Monday.
Thanks to the rise
of on - demand
ride - sharing
services like Uber and Lyft, the need to have a car (and a parking space) is lessening even for daily commuters.
Customers accuse the
ride sharing
service of attempting to profit from a taxi driver work stoppage.
Uber said it had formed a partnership with Yandex, the Russian search giant and operator
of the
ride - hailing
service Yandex.Taxi.
This fundamental shift will reshape urban transportation, and is being driven by changes in the regulation, pricing, and workforce policies
of ride - hailing
services.
Ride - hailing services are angling to take over large portions of daily commutes.They're poised to become cheaper options for commuters to take advantage of, both through lower direct rates in markets where regulators are cutting fees, and through the use of pretax dollars, which could save consumers up to 30 % per ride - hailing t
Ride - hailing
services are angling to take over large portions
of daily commutes.They're poised to become cheaper options for commuters to take advantage
of, both through lower direct rates in markets where regulators are cutting fees, and through the use
of pretax dollars, which could save consumers up to 30 % per
ride - hailing t
ride - hailing trip.
On the topic
of temptation, Green said he learned a big lesson from the early days
of his first company, Zimride, a
ride - sharing
service for college students and employees
of local companies.
For Google, a
ride - hailing
service allows the company to turn one
of its most expensive moon shot projects into a real moneymaking business.
Leimandt is part
of a team
of local tech leaders working to build RideAustin, a nonprofit
ride - hailing
service that will channel some revenue to charity.
Instead, I
rode the coattails
of my four short years
of service, only to realize later that I wasn't nearly as mature or grown up as I thought.
A magazine «
ride - along» program piqued his interest: a mailing broker told Edelman
of a private mail - delivery
service that could couple his catalog in a polybag with, for example, Seventeen magazine.
Walker even credits
ride - hailing
services like Uber and Lyft for changing the nature
of business travel, specifically the willingness
of people to stay in hotels a little farther away from their business.
The on - demand delivery
service — offering
rides, food, beauticians and more — has jolted the economies
of even famously gridlocked cities like Jakarta, where small businesses have seen their sales soar once they've registered on the company's platform.
For its part, UberEats — which provides home delivery
of food in Mexico City and is run by the
ride - hailing company Uber — denied any involvement in the incident, telling Mexican news site Excelsior that delivery people using the
service «are proprietors and solely responsible for the use
of their backpacks.»
This isn't the first we've heard
of Tesla's intention to develop a
ride - hailing
service, as Musk brought it up in his «Master Plan, Part Deux» released over the summer (emphasis ours):
General Motors (gm) invested $ 500 million in Lyft in January and laid out plans to develop an on - demand network
of self - driving cars with the
ride service.
TEMPE, Ariz. — The family
of a woman killed by an Uber self - driving vehicle in Arizona has reached a settlement with the
ride services company, ending a potential legal battle over the first fatality caused by an autonomous vehicle.
A single $ 24 movie ticket equals three months
of Netflix, and cars are growing obsolete to younger people thanks to
ride - hailing
services like Uber and Lyft.
While apps Uber and Lyft allow almost anyone with a car to provide
ride services, Blacklane has a fleet
of cars and limousines helmed by professional drivers.
Uber has a system where it rewards new driver bonuses to people who sign up for its
service and complete a certain number
of rides.
Travis Kalanick, co-founder and CEO
of ride - hailing
service Uber, said Wednesday he's going to take as long as possible to go public — responding to critics and stressing he's focused on product and innovation, not liquidity.
The Scour team reformed as Red Swoosh, a peer - to - peer file - sharing
service Akamai Technologies later bought for $ 19 million before founding Uber,
ride - for - hire sharing
service, with Garrett Camp, co-founder
of StumbleUpon, and himself a graduate school dropout.