Lyft is committed to improving people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. We believe cities should be built for and around people, not cars — that means fundamentally changing the way people think about getting around their cities. We’re shifting from personal car ownership and moving society toward transportation as a service — and Lyft… Continue reading Introducing Lyft Pink: A Membership That Unlocks More
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Hyundai partners with Pony.ai, Via to launch self-driving fleet in US
Oct 28, 2019 2 min read In this image from Pony.ai, a fleet of self-driving Hyundai KONA Electric SUVs will provide a free ride-sharing service to the community of Irvine, Calif. starting Nov. 4, 2019. (Image credit: Hyundai) Hyundai Motor Group is partnering with Chinese self-driving startup Pony.ai and US mobility firm Via to launch… Continue reading Hyundai partners with Pony.ai, Via to launch self-driving fleet in US
Beyond the Numbers: Lyft’s 2019 Inclusion and Diversity Report
At Lyft, inclusion and diversity are at the core of Lyft’s principles, how we make decisions, how we build our teams, and how we serve our communities. Making sustained progress requires clear strategies, metrics that matter, inclusive culture, and leadership that will hold everyone accountable to do their part to retain, hire, develop, and advance… Continue reading Beyond the Numbers: Lyft’s 2019 Inclusion and Diversity Report
American drivers warming to self-driving cars- survey
(Reuters) – About 40% of adult Americans drivers are leaning more to buying self-driving cars in the future as they look to snack, chat on their phone or catch up on email while the car drives itself, a survey by Adobe Analytics showed on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: A Waymo autonomous vehicle (formerly the Google self-driving… Continue reading American drivers warming to self-driving cars- survey
Lyft says it will turn a profit a year ahead of schedule — and the stock is exploding higher (LYFT)
Shutterstock Lyft cofounders Logan Green and John Zimmer said at The Wall Street Journal’s Tech Live conference on Tuesday that they expected the company to be profitable by the fourth quarter of 2021, a year earlier than analyst forecasts. The news sent Lyft shares surging as much as 11%, their biggest intraday increase since the… Continue reading Lyft says it will turn a profit a year ahead of schedule — and the stock is exploding higher (LYFT)
A Waymo executive explains why the self-driving startup wants its rides to be ‘amazingly boring’ (GOOGL)
Waymo‘s chief external officer said the startup hopes its autonomous rides are “amazingly boring.” Tekedra Mawakana made the comments at Business Insider’s transportation-focused IGNITION event in San Francisco on Tuesday. “People don’t trust what they’re not familiar with,” she said. “That makes sense. We see people take their first ride and they go from a… Continue reading A Waymo executive explains why the self-driving startup wants its rides to be ‘amazingly boring’ (GOOGL)
A 100x Investment (Part 1)
comma.ai has raised $8.1 million, Zoox has raised $990 million. Cruise and Waymo have raised even more. By my priors, this bothers me. How can I claim with a straight face we are going to win self driving cars, when, all else being equal, we appear much less likely to succeed. Although I lose sleep… Continue reading A 100x Investment (Part 1)
A Conversation with Chris Urmson, Reid Hoffman, and Mike Volpi
Mike Volpi, Chris Urmson, and Reid Hoffman spoke to students at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. Recently, Chris Urmson and members of our Board of Directors visited Pittsburgh, one of our company headquarters and a city bustling with self-driving tech development. They stopped by Carnegie Mellon, Chris’s alma mater, to meet with students and share their… Continue reading A Conversation with Chris Urmson, Reid Hoffman, and Mike Volpi
Uber CEO expects to ride developing market growth in next decade
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Uber (UBER.N) pinned its growth over the next decade on developing markets like India on Tuesday, despite the problems it has faced in establishing itself in China and Southeast Asia. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaks to the media at an event in New Delhi, India, October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis India… Continue reading Uber CEO expects to ride developing market growth in next decade
Self-Driving Requires Unprecedented Collaboration
By: Raj Kapoor, Chief Strategy Officer; and Luc Vincent, EVP Autonomous Driving In conversations about self-driving cars, people often talk about the rush to full autonomy like they’re commentators on a race — tracking new developments in technology, analyzing the strategic moves of the companies hurrying to be first. It’s easy to get caught up… Continue reading Self-Driving Requires Unprecedented Collaboration