Customers who book their rental cars directly instead of through an online or traditional travel agent report far higher satisfaction levels. Photo: Clicker Happy / Pixabay After winning over customers last year, the travel industry is facing a familiar challenge: keeping them happy, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Travel Study 2025, released… Continue reading Traveler Customer Satisfaction Declines Across the Board Data Shows
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Surveillance Pricing Bill Advances, AB 446 Stops Businesses From Setting Prices Based on Data, Says Consumer Watchdog
LOS ANGELES, May 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — California’s landmark bill regulating surveillance pricing, AB 446 (Ward), advanced out of the Assembly Committee on Judiciary today by a vote of 8 to 3. “Companies are using our data against us in ways that we fully don’t understand,” said Justin Kloczko, tech and privacy advocate at Consumer Watchdog.… Continue reading Surveillance Pricing Bill Advances, AB 446 Stops Businesses From Setting Prices Based on Data, Says Consumer Watchdog
May Mobility to launch robotaxis on Uber platform this year in Texas
Startup May Mobility plans to deploy its autonomous vehicles on the Uber platform by the end of 2025, starting in Arlington, Texas, as part of a multi-year partnership. The tie-up with Uber offers May Mobility a chance to grow beyond offering shuttles within campuses and planned communities, while Uber adds May Mobility to its growing… Continue reading May Mobility to launch robotaxis on Uber platform this year in Texas
Lyft launches ‘Lyft Silver’ for older riders, with simpler app and more accessible vehicles
The ridehailing company is introducing a new feature for older riders that includes actual humans answering customer service calls. The ridehailing company is introducing a new feature for older riders that includes actual humans answering customer service calls. Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and… Continue reading Lyft launches ‘Lyft Silver’ for older riders, with simpler app and more accessible vehicles
Healthy.io Acquires Labrador Health, Advancing the Future of At-Home Kidney Diagnostics
BOSTON, April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Healthy.io is excited to announce that it has just signed an agreement to acquire Labrador Health, a startup that has developed a breakthrough technology for quantitative home testing. This strategic acquisition marks a step forward in Healthy.io’s mission of transforming home-based diagnostics with lab-quality accuracy, powered by the smartphone.… Continue reading Healthy.io Acquires Labrador Health, Advancing the Future of At-Home Kidney Diagnostics
German Manager Magazin: Autonomous driving: VW and Uber close Robotaxi partnership00004148
Volkswagen And the service agent Uber has agreed a partnership for the US market. Over the next ten years, the carmaker is to be thousands of autonomous autonomous electrollis of type ID Buzz AD for trips in the USA Provide how the Hamburg VW subsidiary Moia announced. Uber customers should be able to call the… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Autonomous driving: VW and Uber close Robotaxi partnership00004148
TechCrunch Mobility: Lyft buys its way into Europe, Kodiak SPACs, and how China’s new ADAS rules might affect Tesla
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Enough with my typical small talk. Let’s jump into the news right away this week. And there’s plenty of it, including Lyft’s entry into Europe, AV startup… Continue reading TechCrunch Mobility: Lyft buys its way into Europe, Kodiak SPACs, and how China’s new ADAS rules might affect Tesla
An Internal Tesla Analysis Found the Robotaxi Would Lose Money, and You’ll Never Guess What Elon Musk Did in Response
Back in October of 2024, Tesla investors and fanboys alike flocked to Hollywood for the company’s “We, Robot” event. The company’s backers hoped Musk would finally unveil the long-awaited “$25,000 Tesla” — a lower-budget EV that was sure to rejuvenate sales as the costly Cybertruck flopped — but what they got was anything but. Instead, the… Continue reading An Internal Tesla Analysis Found the Robotaxi Would Lose Money, and You’ll Never Guess What Elon Musk Did in Response
Mobility app: Mercedes and BMW sell Freenow to Lyft
The travel agent Lyft will also be available in Europe in the future – the US company has bought Freenow. ((Freenow,, car))) Go to source
Lyft to buy taxi app Free Now for $200 million to expand into Europe
Lyft logo is seen in this illustration taken June 27, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters U.S. ride-hailing firm Lyft on Wednesday announced that it’s buying European taxi app Free Now in a 175 million euro ($199 million) deal. The company said that the acquisition — Lyft’s first in Europe — is expected to close in… Continue reading Lyft to buy taxi app Free Now for $200 million to expand into Europe