Lyft rides post-COVID recovery to record earnings, but faces inflationary headwinds
Lyft was able to take advantage of severe internal cost-cutting measures combined with a post-COVID boom in travel to help it deliver its highest...
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Lyft assured no layoffs were coming. Now employees are scrambling for their next gig.
The day before Lyft shut down its in-house rental service and laid off close to 60 employees, the team in charge of the program was consumed by what...
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Can Alto succeed at employee-driven ride-hail?
Alto's end game is to create the vehicle-operating platform now that can, in the future, be used with autonomous vehicles.
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Uber sued by 550 women and counting over sexual assaults by drivers
The lawsuit against the company claims that Uber has been intentionally concealing the fact that Uber drivers had been regularly sexually assaulting...
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The Station: Tesla leads in ADAS crashes, gig companies lose battle in MA
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Uber and Lyft drivers say fuel surcharge is ‘an insult to drivers’
A survey by The Rideshare Guy found 43% of Uber and Lyft drivers have quit or are driving less due to rising gas prices, despite added surcharge.
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You can find, and pay for, Spin scooters on Lyft’s app now
Shared micromobility company Spin and ride-hailing company Lyft are partnering to bring Spin electric scooters to the Lyft app in 60 U.S. markets by...
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Waymo partners with Geely to make electric AVs for ride hail in the US
Waymo, Alphabet’s autonomous driving technology arm, is partnering with Chinese automaker Geely to build an all-electric, self-driving...
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Cruise lays out its plan for ‘how’ it will make robotaxis a reality
The string of engineers who spoke Thursday night during a deep dive into Cruise’s autonomous vehicle technology never mentioned Tesla’s...
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Uber pilots new features to reserve rides at airports
Uber is piloting new app features aimed at making air travel more hassle-free, including the ability to reserve rides from airports, gain access to...
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Student rideshare service HopSkipDrive raises $25M to expand and invest in electrification
Students around the country are about to return to school after the summer holiday, and they’re doing so at a time when both coronavirus...
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