by Ben Schafer | Jun 20, 2016 | News
Officials in the Atlanta area are expanding the use of Uber to transport seniors, another sign that ride-hailing companies are eyeing the elderly as a potentially lucrative if unlikely pool of customers. The Fulton County Commission has decided to spend $10,000 to...
by Ben Schafer | Jun 17, 2016 | News
It’s a no-go for Uber and Lyft in upstate New York, after the legislature failed to come to terms on a bill that would have authorized ride-hailing services beyond New York City. The bill — which faced a deadline late Thursday, the end of state’s legislative session...
by Ben Schafer | Jun 16, 2016 | News
Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing giant, announced this week that it had closed its latest funding round with an eye-popping $7.3 billion. Following on the heels of Uber’s announcement that it was getting $3.5 billion from Saudi Arabia, it’s safe to say that the...
by Ben Schafer | Jun 15, 2016 | News
Hungarian lawmakers have passed a law that allows the country’s telecommunications authority to block internet access to Uber — a kind of nuclear option against the ride-hailing service and others like it. But the move, which could effectively choke off the lifeblood...
by Jacob Holzman | Jun 14, 2016 | News
Uber and Lyft are being sued in two separate federal class action lawsuits, in what is another escalation in the Austin, TX fight over fingerprint testing for ride-hailing drivers. As you may or may not know, Uber and Lyft got into a fight over fingerprinting with the...
by Ben Schafer | Jun 11, 2016 | News
An insurance company in England has announced that it will offer polices covering fully-autonomous vehicles, a potentially key vote of confidence in the safety of “driverless” cars. The company, Adrian Flux, appears to be the first in the world willing to cover...
by Nickolaus Hines | Jun 9, 2016 | News
More deliveries will soon be coming from your neighborhood Uber driver. Uber announced today that it is making the UberRUSH application programming interface (API) available for any developer who wants to partner with Uber for on-demand delivery. The service will work...
by Ben Schafer | Jun 8, 2016 | News
A partnership between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Uber is reportedly in the works, the latest signal that the Italian/American automaker is eager to stay at the forefront of the technology revolution in the auto industry. Sources tell Bloomberg News that Fiat and...
by Nickolaus Hines | Jun 6, 2016 | News
Uber has faced some of its biggest challenges in China, where another ride-hail app called Didi Chuxing dominates, but the company expects to be China’s most popular ride-hail app by 2017. Uber’s market share in China is now around 30 percent, Uber China’s head...
by Nickolaus Hines | Jun 3, 2016 | News
Walmart and its membership store Sam’s Club will test out Uber and Lyft for grocery deliver service, the supermarket giant announced today. The partnership is a pairing of the biggest names in ride-hail with the biggest name in big-box supermarkets, and could signal a...
