Sentences with phrase «ride services company»

Derek Kan is general manager for San Francisco - based ride services company Lyft in Southern California.

Uber Technologies has launched its own auto leasing subsidiary in an effort to sign up more drivers, injecting the fast - growing ride services company directly into the financial services sector for the first time.

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.

• Robert Bosch acquired Splitting Fares, a Detroit, Mich. - based ride services company, according to Reuters.

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.

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.

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.

What service or product can you provide to companies looking to ride the next big wave to sweep through a consumer market?

The ruling did not shut down Uber «s self - driving car lab entirely, which would likely have been a major blow as the company is betting its current ride services network will eventually rely on self - driving cars.

Those new unicorns include companies such as French ride - sharing service BlaBlaCar, e-commerce player Jet.com, and the recently - embattled fantasy sports site DraftKings.

The company distinguished itself by providing services the ride - sharing service doesn't.

The company doesn't plan to open its ride - hailing service in the U.S.

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.

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.

The Chinese firm agreed to acquire control of Brazil's ride service 99, the companies announced earlier this month.

Uber's latest investment in Brazil comes just weeks after Didi Chuxing, China's largest ride - hailing company, announced it was investing more than $ 100 million in Brazilian company 99, an on - demand taxi and ride sharing service.

Didi Kuaidi is also a strategic partner — the two companies teamed up with India's Ola and Southeast Asia's GrabTaxi to let their respective customers book and pay for rides through each other's services when traveling abroad without having to download separate apps.

Uber developed Greyball to help the company enter new markets where its ride - hailing service was not permitted.

The ride - hailing app, in partnership with autonomous driving technology company Aptiv, plans to offer «fully automated point - to - point ride - hailing» services at the show.

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.

His Caspian Venture Capital fund has investments in ride - hailing service Uber; Diamond Foundry, a company that produces man - made diamonds; and Peek, an online leisure activities company.

For Google, a ride - hailing service allows the company to turn one of its most expensive moon shot projects into a real moneymaking 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.»

In January, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said he expected Uber to roll out an autonomous ride - hailing service by mid-2019, but that timeline may be pushed back, as the company will have to provide reassurance that an autonomous ride - hailing service will be safer for passengers and pedestrians than one operated by human drivers.

Attorney Neama Rahmani told Business Insider that Monday's accident will be «a huge setback» for companies that want to introduce autonomous vehicles for personal use or through ride - sharing services.

And on Memorial Day weekend last month the company offered a separate flight program called UberAIR from Boston to Nantucket — but it wasn't on - demand service like that which Uber is known for, as passengers couldn't book a ride on a specific jet.

«This program denies ride requests to fraudulent users who are violating our terms of service — whether that's people aiming to physically harm drivers, competitors looking to disrupt our operations, or opponents who collude with officials on secret «stings» meant to entrap drivers,» the company said.

Other companies are studying the economics of using automated driving systems to replace human drivers in taxi or ride - hailing services, including Uber Technologies (uber) and Lyft (lyft), which is collaborating with General Motors (gm).

It will also turn you into a zealous customer of companies like Uber and Airbnb, which provide you with what you want (rides, accommodations) at lower prices than the traditional service providers (cabs and hotels).

Emily Castor, director of transportation policy at Lyft, said in an interview the company had «a pipeline of dozens of public transit agencies» that are discussing partnerships with the ride service.

Gurley noted the disruption from ride - hailing services is especially dangerous to companies that have large debt holdings, as does Hertz.

Waymo is going to let people, not just Google employees, ride in these self - driving minivans, Krafcik said, adding that the company is also going to launch a driverless ride - hailing service.

As automakers grow their mobility services, those services will come into more direct competition with those ride - hailing companies, which have millions of monthly active users.

Later, Lyft CEO Logan Green noted that his company has always participated in SXSW, including offering piggyback rides in 2012, but this year is the first time it can actually offer its service to attendees.

Instead, they'll be put into service with ride - hailing companies like Uber Technologies and Lyft: They'll be automated taxis, limited (at least at first) to well - mapped cities.

New on - demand services, from ride - hailing company Uber to home - delivery service Instacart, all rely on armies of workers to run errands, park cars and handle other jobs.

For years, the company rode the post-9 / 11 surge in demand for security services in dangerous countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan.

Whether Ford will operate its own ride - hailing service or partner with another company is unclear.

Uber has teamed up with DigitalGlobe that will see the satellite imaging company supply high - resolution satellite images to the ride - sharing service.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- A lawsuit filed by drivers against ride service Uber should not proceed as a class action, the company argued in a court filing on Thursday, citing written statements of support from hundreds of other Uber drivers in a case that could decide whether they are independent contractors or employees.

Broward County commissioners on Tuesday passed a sweeping new law regulating app - based ride services such as Uber, despite the company's threat to leave town if they did.

The company says it will buy up to 20,000 electric cars from Jaguar Land Rover as it strives to put a ride service into operation within two years.

That simple question is often lost among the many controversies facing the ride - services company as it tries to hire a new chief executive and resolve a bitter dispute with the old one, Travis Kalanick.

Uber, on the other hand, has teamed up with a number of companies, which include United Airlines, Starbucks, Morgan Stanley and the National Football League in order to promote its ride - hailing service to as many mainstream consumers as possible.

Someone requesting Uber's carpool service on a route where there are unlikely to be other passengers to share the ride, for instance, will be quoted a higher price so the company does not have to eat the cost, said the executive, who asked not to be named.

He had transformed the global transportation industry with Uber's ride - hailing service and pushed the company's value to nearly $ 70 billion, making it the most highly valued privately held start - up in the world.

MEXICO CITY / SAN FRANCISCO, April 6 Chinese ride - hailing company Didi Chuxing has publicly launched in Mexico with a website advertising its service to drivers and passengers and setting the stage for a potentially expensive showdown with rival Uber.