Category: Mobility Companies

Lyft: Lyft To Announce Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results

SAN FRANCISCO, July 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lyft, Inc. (Nasdaq:LYFT) (the “Company” or “Lyft”), today announced that it will release financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2020 after the close of the market on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. On the same day, Lyft will host a conference call at 1:30… Continue reading Lyft: Lyft To Announce Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results

Uber: Uber ATG issues enhancements to Safety Case Framework

By: Nat Beuse, Head of Safety at Uber Advanced Technologies Group In July 2019, the team at Uber ATG released our first, open-sourced Safety Case Framework, which clearly organizes the goals, claims, and evidence necessary to substantiate that our self-driving vehicles (SDVs) are acceptably safe to operate on public roads. The framework charted an outline… Continue reading Uber: Uber ATG issues enhancements to Safety Case Framework

Uber: Addressing inadvertent bias

In a recent analysis of public ridesharing and Census data in Chicago, Akshat Pandey and Aylin Caliskan at The George Washington University explore correlations between ridesharing fares and neighborhood characteristics. In addition to finding that average per-mile fares are higher for trips to and from areas with higher home prices, higher education levels, and younger… Continue reading Uber: Addressing inadvertent bias

Meet the Winners of the Waymo Open Dataset Challenges

In March 2020, we launched the Waymo Open Dataset Challenges, inviting researchers to build and test their machine learning models using Waymo’s diverse self-driving dataset. We received over 100 submissions from around the world and invited the winners to present their work at our virtual Workshop on Scalability in Autonomous Driving at CVPR 2020. Today,… Continue reading Meet the Winners of the Waymo Open Dataset Challenges

July 8, 2020 ViaVan and EMT launch first on-demand public transport service in Madrid Smart Bus Madrid will provide efficient and free rides…

July 8, 2020 ViaVan and EMT launch first on-demand public transport service in Madrid Smart Bus Madrid will provide efficient and free rides to hospitals for residents and workers (MADRID)– In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ViaVan, Europe’s leader in public mobility solutions, announces the launch of Madrid’s first on-demand public bus service for trips… Continue reading July 8, 2020 ViaVan and EMT launch first on-demand public transport service in Madrid Smart Bus Madrid will provide efficient and free rides…

Uber: Uber Unveils Grocery Delivery

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) today announced that users in select Latin American and Canadian cities can now order groceries through the Uber and Uber Eats apps, in partnership with Cornershop, the popular grocery delivery startup based in Santiago, Chile. This follows the companies’ 2019 agreement for Uber to acquire a majority stake… Continue reading Uber: Uber Unveils Grocery Delivery

Uber: Uber to Acquire Postmates

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) and Postmates Inc. today announced that they have reached a definitive agreement under which Uber will acquire Postmates for approximately $2.65 billion in an all-stock transaction. This transaction brings together Uber’s global Rides and Eats platform with Postmates’ distinctive delivery business in the U.S. Postmates is highly complementary… Continue reading Uber: Uber to Acquire Postmates