Uber’s self-driving car in Tempe, Arizona, struck and killed a pedestrian Sunday night (March 18), marking the first known fatality of a pedestrian by an autonomous vehicle. The Wall Street Journal stated that following the accident, Uber temporarily removed its vehicles from the streets of...
New data shows that Uber and Lyft are becoming more popular than yellow and green cabs in New York City. Analysis of data from the Taxi and Limousine Commission from blogger Todd Schneider found that in February 2017 ride-hailing services made 65 percent more pickups...
General Motors (GM) is launching a pilot program this summer that is an Airbnb-type service for cars. According to Fortune, the peer-to-peer car share service will allow car owners to rent out their vehicles when they aren’t using them. Sources said the program will begin...
Lyft’s revenue grew more than $1 billion in 2017 — and beat Uber’s growth in Q4 by 2.75 times. CNET reported that Lyft’s revenue growth was up 168 percent in the fourth quarter, while Uber’s increased by 61 percent. “We’ve recently achieved record market share...
In a move to expand its business overseas and take on Uber, India’s Ola has launched in Sydney. The service has already signed up 7,000 drivers in the Australian city, TechCrunch reported. “We are excited to officially start operating on the east coast with the...
After Uber Chief Economist Jonathan Hall highlighted problems with the research methodology used by MIT researchers in a draft paper, the lead researcher acknowledged flaws in the survey used in the study. Stephen Zoepf, who led the team, said the survey questions could have been...
To provide rides to people who can’t drive to their doctor’s appointments, Lyft is expanding its partnerships with healthcare providers by teaming up with Allscripts to reach approximately 7 million patients, USA Today reported. “The idea is here simply to give healthcare providers the ability to call a...
Uber Technologies was handed a lawsuit from Pennsylvania Attorney General (AG) Josh Shapiro on Monday (March 5) over charges it violated the state’s data breach notification law. In a press release, the AG’s office said Uber knew for more than a year that it had...
It’s not wise fighting about math with MIT students, but the gang at Uber is giving it a go. An MIT study released last week indicates that Uber drivers, on average, are making less than minimum wage. Like, a lot less — the median pretax profit...