Sentences with phrase «which lyft»

According to its sources Uber created fake Lyft accounts and used those to trick its rival's system into believing that prospective customers were seeking rides in various locations around a city — allowing it to see which Lyft drivers were nearby and what prices they were offering for various routes, presumably so it could set its own prices to undercut its rival and poach customers.

The full launch of Concierge will greatly expand the types of businesses that book rides on behalf of others — going far beyond the original focus on medical appointments, which Lyft said impacted the 3.6 million Americans who struggle with getting rides to doctors.

For example, Detroit Lyft drivers must carry the following types of insurance, which Lyft already offers to its drivers:

The pilot, in which Lyft users will be able to hail a self - driving car from the app, is expected to take place in Boston by the end of the year.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

The Express Drive program, which we'll see expand rapidly around the country through 2017, takes aim at recruiting and retaining drivers for Lyft, Uber's biggest rival.

He wouldn't speak to Lyft's specific plans with self - driving technology, but said he envisions the first step for mainstream autonomous rides as fixed routes, similar to bus routes, with restrictions for speed and weather conditions under which the vehicles would operate.

(Some think GM, which has invested $ 500 million in Lyft, is a likely candidate to acquire Lyft.)

Lyft agreed to pay $ 12.25 million to its drivers in the settlement, which is subject to the approval of a San Francisco federal judge.

Uber riders also spend 12 times as much money as their Lyft counterparts, which helps explain why Uber is valued at more than $ 15 billion and how Kalanick has raised a reported $ 1.5 billion in venture capital.

Now, it appears Lyft is preparing to expand into Canada, according to The Information, which based its report on three unnamed people who have been involved with or briefed about the discussions at the company.

Ride - sharing app Lyft, which has seen its market share surge in the last year as rival Uber has struggled, is expanding outside of the U.S. for the first time with plans to launch in Toronto.

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.

Lyft's creative director, Jesse McMillin, who was formerly at Virgin, played a big role in the launch of the new logo, which is aimed at helping give the company's brand a more sophisticated look.

And payment, which is technically optional, is delivered directly to the driver through the app — and (here's a key to the business model) Lyft takes a 20 percent cut.

Uber and Lyft tell Inc. that drivers don't see a rider's destination until a ride has started, which comes after they accept the ride.

The funding round, which values Lyft at approximately $ 5.5 billion, had been in the works for some time.

A particular sticking point was a requirement that all drivers be fingerprinted, a rule which applies to other professional drivers in the city, but which Uber and Lyft described as burdensome.

Zimmer explained that when motivating employees of Lyft to work hard against Uber — which has six times the funding of Lyft, and is the highest - valued private startup in the world — he focuses on the company's «humanity:» the fact that it values person - to - person interaction.

Rival car - hailing service Lyft, which seized the moment to pledge $ 1 million to the ACLU, overtook Uber in total App Store downloads on Sunday.

Lyft has pledged a $ 1 million donation to the ACLU, which has fought the travel ban, and Uber has committed funds to aid impacted drivers.

It includes Uber, the alternative taxi dispatcher whose $ 50 billion valuation makes it the world's most valuable startup; Lyft, its biggest rival; TaskRabbit, which farms out errands and odd jobs; and Instacart, a $ 2 billion grocery - delivery service.

Uber is locked in a money - losing battle with U.S. competitor Lyft, which appears to have been the beneficiary of the Uber backlash, though neither company has released any exact numbers for app downloads or deletions.

July was a record month for Lyft, which performed 13.9 million rides, according to a letter that Recode obtained.

Before co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer honed the concept of ride hailing at Lyft, which has 1,000 employees, operates in 200 cities, and has raised more than $ 2 billion in venture capital, they built its predecessor, a ridesharing upstart called Zimride.

The announcement also signals a deepening of ties between Lyft and Home Care Assistance, which became partners earlier this year.

... It's the costs associated with building and the difficulty in building anything in the Bay Area, particularly in San Francisco,» said Micah Weinberg, president of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, which counts Adobe, Airbnb, Google, Lyft, and many others in tech among its members.

Shuddle guarantees drivers $ 30 an hour, according to Lutz, which is more than they'd make as a nanny — or driving for Uber or Lyft in the Bay Area.

Lutz says she's seen moms schedule Shuddle rides — which are more expensive than hailing an Uber or Lyft, but of course come with a driver who's been through Shuddle's screening process — for themselves.

Take General Motors, for example, which invested $ 500 million in Lyft.

Lyft, which already had a tipping system in place, launched a tiered perks program in 2015.

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 (Lyft (lyft), which is collaborating with General Motors (lyft), which is collaborating with General Motors (gm).

Lyft co-founder and CEO Logan Green voiced his company's opposition to the immigration ban on Saturday, and the company announced a $ 1 million donation to the ACLU, which has successfully obtained a court injunction against the travel restrictions.

Dealing with bloatware like Lyft, Booking.com, or NewsRepublic (which takes it upon itself to feed you notifications) is annoying.

That is certainly an attractive incentive for ride - hailing companies like Uber and Lyft, which have been kicked out of promising markets before (Uber's license to operate in London was revoked just a few months ago).

Its growth this year has eclipsed that of more mainstream apps: In that timeframe, Trump Dump was downloaded more times than the apps of Starbucks (sbux), Lyft, Foursquare, and mobile payment company Venmo, according to Sensor Tower, which tracks app downloads and popularity.

As part of the settlement, which still needs to be approved by a federal judge, Lyft has agreed to pay a total of $ 12.25 million.

The company's chief executive has spent two years developing the idea, which could grow to eventually allow individuals to sell all sorts of services and ultimately even put it in competition with other sharing economy services, such as Uber or Lyft.

Gascon has sent letters to Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar, in which he accused them of breaking state law and he threatened legal action if they don't make changes.

The latter reportedly paid $ 104.9 million to get 2.3 percent of Lyft which now has an estimated valuation of around $ 4.92 billion.

While the deal is big for Lyft, which is looking to expand and become more of a competitor to Uber, it may be bigger for Waymo.

GM is open to working with some of Lyft's international partners, which include Didi Kuaidi in China, Ola in India and GrabTaxi in Southeast Asia, Ammann said.

However, between the current top 2 firms, the tables may turn soon, as Alphabet is reportedly in talks with Lyft for a $ 1 billion investment, which could give Lyft the push it needs to topple Uber from the top.

The FBI has launched an investigation into whether the Hell program of Uber, which it used to spy on Lyft drivers, illegally interfered with its rival's business.

In the United States Lyft is telling investors it «will have boosted its share of U.S. ride - hailing business some 61 percent by the end of the year, climbing to about a third of the market»; what is even more damaging is Lyft's partnership with Waymo, which made Lyft the best way to invest in Google's self - driving technology — Google apparently agreed, leading a $ 1.5 billion investment that Lyft announced this week.

The two are among the forerunners in the future of self - driving cars, one of which includes Lyft, the number 2 ride - hailing company behind Uber.

On the call, Musk described a world in which people share their cars, offering them as either a Lyft, an Uber or something like a Lyft / Uber - Airbnb combo «where you can own your car and have 100 percent usage of your car,» Musk said, and specify that it's available to anyone who wants to use it while you're not using it.

Uber's troubles resulted in market - share gains for Lyft, which had 20.9 % of the market following #DeleteUber and got another bump to 21.3 % after Fowler's blog post.

Companies like Uber and Lyft, which have created ride - hailing smartphone applications, are fighting long - entrenched incumbents in the taxi and limousine industry.