Tag: Lyft

Lyft is testing a new rider verification safety measure

Lyft is piloting its own rider verification program, much as Uber did earlier this year. This feature confirms to drivers that the person getting in their vehicle is who they say they are. The program is launching first in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville, Miami, Phoenix and Seattle. Lyft will confirm riders’ legal names… Continue reading Lyft is testing a new rider verification safety measure

Ford could come up with an Uber rival: Report

Ford could come up with an Uber competitor before its own self driving cars hit the streets, Business Insider reported.  The automaker’s Executive VP and President of North America Raj Nair informed Business Insider that he “would never rule it out,” on being asked about the launch of an on demand mobility service with a… Continue reading Ford could come up with an Uber rival: Report

RALIANCE Statement on Lyft 2024 Safety Transparency Report Publication

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ —  RALIANCE issued the following statement on Lyft’s 2024 Safety Transparency Report: “RALIANCE commends Lyft’s initiative to promote customer and community safety by publishing its 2024 Safety Transparency Report. This report builds on Lyft’s 2021 safety report, underscoring their commitment to corporate and public transparency. We proudly partnered with Lyft… Continue reading RALIANCE Statement on Lyft 2024 Safety Transparency Report Publication

GM-owned Cruise will partner with Uber to offer driverless rides

A Cruise autonomous taxi in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday Aug. 10, 2023.  David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Uber Technologies and General Motors’ Cruise have agreed to a multi-year partnership, under which the embattled autonomous vehicle company plans to offer driverless rides to Uber users as soon as next year. The… Continue reading GM-owned Cruise will partner with Uber to offer driverless rides

Tesla underestimates complexity of running customer fleet-based robotaxi service, Uber CEO says

Tesla ride-hailing app Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi explains how Tesla is underestimating the complexity of running a customer fleet-based robotaxi ride-hailing service. For years now, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has talked about the automaker solving self-driving and enabling its fleet of millions of customer vehicles to be onboarded on a Tesla-run robotaxi ride-hailing service. He… Continue reading Tesla underestimates complexity of running customer fleet-based robotaxi service, Uber CEO says

Elon Musk Says Robotaxis Are Tesla’s Future. Experts Have Doubts.

As sales of its electric cars have fallen, Tesla and its chief executive, Elon Musk, have sought to convince Wall Street that the company’s future lies not in the grinding business of making and selling cars but in the far more exciting world of artificial intelligence. In Mr. Musk’s telling, one of Tesla’s main A.I.-based… Continue reading Elon Musk Says Robotaxis Are Tesla’s Future. Experts Have Doubts.

Payfare Announces Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Payfare generated net income of $4.9 million, and Adjusted net income per share1 of $0.16 in Q2 2024 TORONTO, Aug. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – Payfare Inc. (“Payfare” or the “Company”) (TSX: PAY) (OTCQX: PYFRF), a leading international Earned Wage Access (“EWA”) company powering instant access to earnings and digital banking solutions for workforces, today announced the filing… Continue reading Payfare Announces Second Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Uber Partners With BYD to Put Its Drivers Into 100,000 EVs

(Bloomberg) — Uber Technologies Inc. will team up with BYD Co. to put 100,000 electric vehicles onto the ride-hailing company’s platform, in a major deal between American and Chinese businesses that notably excludes the US. Most Read from Bloomberg Under the multiyear partnership, the two companies will offer drivers lower vehicle pricing and financing. The… Continue reading Uber Partners With BYD to Put Its Drivers Into 100,000 EVs