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India’s Uber rival Ola is set to launch 10,000 electric vehicles in a year

sudshr47 April 16, 2018

Uber’s biggest rival in India, Ola, has announced plans to launch a casual 10,000 electric vehicles within the next year.

On Monday, the ride-hailing company, which operates in over 110 cities throughout India (and now, Australia), announced a commitment to place 10,000 three-wheeled e-rickshaws and electric auto-rickshaws in its service over the next 12 months.

It’s part of the company’s “Mission: Electric” sustainability initiative, which wants to bring one million electric Ola vehicles to the road by 2021 — there are currently 800,000 vehicles in the total Ola fleet. Read more…

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Lyft’s carpool option is really popular in these 5 cities

sudshr47 April 4, 2018

Lyft Line, the ride-hailing app’s carpool option, debuted nearly four years ago, but just this week, the shared ride mode expanded to the company’s first international city.
Toronto is the first city outside the U.S. to offer an Lyft Line, …

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Lyft tests a bunch of ‘all-access’ subscription plans for frequent users

sudshr47 March 17, 2018

Some frequent Lyft users are being offered monthly subscription plans.

The plans have been tested at different price points for the past few months, offering “free” rides for a lump sum up front. Rides are capped at $15, so this is for short, frequent trips — not long-distance trips to the airport.

A Lyft spokesperson said in an email Friday, “We’re always testing new ways to provide passengers the most affordable and flexible transportation options. For the past few months, we’ve been testing a variety of All-Access Plans for Lyft passengers.” Read more…

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Why ride-hailing app Fasten couldn’t make it against the big players

sudshr47 March 5, 2018

What a difference a year makes, especially for up and coming ride-hailing app Fasten.

Last year the tech, media, and music conference South by Southwest was a ride-hailing nightmare, with Uber and Lyft no longer operating in Austin, Texas, over issues with fingerprint background check requirements.

This gave smaller wannabe ride apps the perfect opportunity to show off different platforms and demonstrate what rides could be like in a Uber-less world. Fasten — which started in Boston in 2015 — swooped into the Austin opening.

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Why ride-hailing app Fasten couldn’t make it against the big players

sudshr47 March 5, 2018

What a difference a year makes, especially for up and coming ride-hailing app Fasten.

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Pennsylvania attorney general sues Uber over 2016 data breach

sudshr47 March 5, 2018

Uber’s bad days are far from over. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro sued Uber on Monday for not disclosing a massive data breach for more than a year after it occurred in 2016.

Shapiro’s lawsuit alleged that Uber violated Pennsylvania state law by not notifying customers within a “reasonable amount of time,” The Hill reported. Shapiro can seek up to $1,000 in fines for every violation.

“Uber violated Pennsylvania law by failing to put our residents on timely notice of this massive data breach,” Shapiro said in a statement, according to The Hill. “Instead of notifying impacted consumers of the breach within a reasonable amount of time, Uber hid the incident for over a year – and actually paid the hackers to delete the data and stay quiet. That’s just outrageous corporate misconduct, and I’m suing to hold them accountable and recover for Pennsylvanians.” Read more…

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Pennsylvania attorney general sues Uber over 2016 data breach

sudshr47 March 5, 2018

Uber’s bad days are far from over. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro sued Uber on Monday for not disclosing a massive data breach for more than a year after it occurred in 2016.

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Lyft follows Uber further into healthcare market with rides for patients

sudshr47 March 5, 2018

Ride-hailing apps are helping riders get to the doctor’s office — and dipping into the lucrative healthcare market.

Uber recently announced a new program to get patients to doctor’s appointments, and this week, fellow ride-hailing app Lyft is partnering with an electronic health records company to give 2,500 hospitals a platform to request rides for its patients.

Lyft Business — the enterprise division of the transit company — is partnering with Allscripts to give 180,000 physicians that use the online records service access to the ride-sharing app for patients. Read more…

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Report: Most Uber, Lyft drivers make below minimum wage

sudshr47 March 2, 2018

Surprise! Lyft and Uber drivers don’t make much money.
Specifically, their median hourly wage is a whopping $3.37, according to a a paper published by MIT’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, which compiled over 1,100 drivers’…

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Uber, Lyft pledge to co-exist with public transit, but they’re still a big traffic problem

sudshr47 February 3, 2018

Let’s call them transportation goals.
With 15 transportation companies, including ride-hailing apps Uber and Lyft, signing an ambitious list of “shared mobility principles” this week, these companies are promising to “prioritize people over vehicles….

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Uber’s biggest rival just got bigger

sudshr47 January 3, 2018

Uber’s new year isn’t off to a great start.
One of the company’s biggest competitors, China’s Didi Chuxing, is buying another ride-hailing company from Brazil, 99.
The deal is set to make Didi even bigger and pits its services against Uber in yet ano…

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Uber messes up Facebook ad by confusing Puerto Rican and Cuban flags

sudshr47 December 22, 2017

Uber may operate in more than 80 countries, but it still had a difficult time understanding the nuances of country flags.

In what appeared to be an attempt to recognize and celebrate the anniversary of Puerto Rico’s flag via a Facebook ad, the ride-hailing giant actually shared a photo with an image of Cuba’s flag.

Ay @Uber!!! Trying to congratulate Puerto Rico, using the Cuban flag. Even in Shutter stock says “View on the window with the Cuban flag“ #fail pic.twitter.com/xW0CZFyAJT

— lechancle (@lechancle) December 22, 2017

Yes, they look a bit similar as in they’re both red, white, and blue and have stripes and stars. But come on. They’re different and anyone could tell the difference and fact-check with the quickest of Google searches. Read more…

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