California Gives Ridesharing Service SideCar The Green Light

By  |  May 27, 2013
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has granted SideCar formal permission to run in the state, as was first discovered by All Things D.

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    The CPUC first issued cease-and-desist orders to SideCar and rivals Lyft and Uber back in November to little effect. The CPUC previously reached agreements with Lyfy and Uber in January.

    According to SideCar CEO Sunil Paul, SIdeCar’s agreement took longer because he wanted the CPUC to agree to concessions that it can’t obtain driver and rider information without a subpoena, and that SideCar is an information service and not a transportation service.

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