California Air Resources Board’s new standard mandates that 90% of ride-hailing miles traveled in California take place in zero-emission vehicles by 2030. Uber and Lyft want government help for the transition.
May 24, 2021
The integration will allow dealerships to book Uber rides directly through the DriveItAway administration dashboard with a fully integrated lookup, and specify pick up and drop off locations on behalf of customers.
April 29, 2020
The ride-hailing companies said they will end service before the new pick-up and drop-off fees take effect Feb. 1.
December 23, 2019
Travelers at Los Angeles International Airport endured wait times of over an hour for Uber, Lyft, and taxi rides. Airport officials have banned curbside pickups so travelers must board a shuttle or walk to the new pickup area.
November 4, 2019
Adding to its car dealer rental program for ride sharing, the new platform allows dealers to offer vehicle subscriptions through a consumer mobile app.
September 11, 2019
The study, commissioned by Uber and Lyft themselves, exposes the ride-hailing congestion problem - and it's worse than we thought. However, Uber says the scale "is dwarfed by that of private cars and commercial vehicles."
August 11, 2019
The strike resulted from an Uber policy that slashed pay-per-mile by 25%, bringing the rate from 80 cents per mile to 60 cents per mile.
March 26, 2019
Lyft plans to go public before rival Uber.
February 25, 2019
For the 2020-2021 budget, $2.58 million of the total $5.6 million has been derived from ride-hailing groups.
February 14, 2019
Santa Monica, Calif.-based Fair recently partnered with Uber to rent out vehicles to the ride-hailing company's drivers.
December 21, 2018
Although Lyft trails Uber in terms of value and market reach, experts said beating Uber to IPO will give Lyft an advantage, as the added attention will cement Lyft as a viable alternative to Uber.
December 6, 2018
If the San Francisco-based ride-hailing app goes public with that value, it would be worth three times as much as Ford, and more than twice as much as Tesla.
October 16, 2018
The data sets pledged by the companies will provide the public and private sectors with new tools to manage curb space in order to reduce congestion and emissions that cause climate change.
September 26, 2018
In San Francisco, it’s estimated that TNC companies produce the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions as 100,000 households produce in a year.
September 14, 2018
Toyota Motor Corp. will invest $500 million Uber Technologies, Inc. to speed up efforts to bring an autonomous ride-hailing service to market. Each company will integrate its technology into purpose-built Toyota Sienna minivans that will be deployed on Uber's network.
August 27, 2018