Lyft is developing a delivery service to take on Uber Eats, the company announced during a Tuesday call with investors. The delivery service is still in its “very early stages,” and won’t be a consumer-facing platform like Uber’s business. Uber’s growing delivery arm has been a massive boon to the […]
New York’s first Tesla Model 3 taxi – the only battery-powered yellow cab in the city – just hit the streets. The cab, operated by a company called Drive Sally, completed more than 100 trips in its first full weekend of service. Instead of running the taxi 24 hours per […]
A California appeals court on Thursday unanimously upheld a lower court ruling requiring Uber and Lyft to reclassify their drivers as employees under the state’s gig work law, AB-5. The ruling doesn’t kick in immediately, however, leaving in place an emergency stay issued in August until likely after the election. […]
Uber and Lyft are in the fight of their lives in California over drivers’ employment status, and voters could end up deciding the issue this November. A court ruled that drivers are employees, not independent contractors, under the state’s gig work law, AB-5, but the companies are pushing a ballot […]
Lyft’s president, John Zimmer, said the company might pause all operations in California if forced to comply with a recent court ruling ordering it to reclassify drivers as employees. Zimmer told investors during the company’s earnings call Wednesday that California accounted for about 16% of its total rides. Regulators said […]
California’s labour commissioner announced Wednesday that her office is suing Uber and Lyft, claiming the companies are stealing wages from drivers by “wilfully misclassifying” them as contractors instead of employees. The suit alleges that Uber and Lyft have failed to pay drivers minimum wage, sick pay, unemployment, and other benefits […]
I’ve been driving for Lyft and Uber for several months, and noticed that about 20% to 25% of my passengers choose to tip me. Drivers don’t expect passengers to tip every single time, but certain situations definitely call for it. If your driver goes above and beyond by helping you […]
If you change your mind after booking a Lyft, you can cancel a Lyft ride, but you have to do so within two minutes if you want to avoid a fee. You can schedule a Lyft ride up to a week and then cancel the ride at no charge, if […]
Lyft’s ride-hailing app makes it easy to order a Lyft for someone else. Whether someone you’re meeting doesn’t have the app, or you just want to be polite by ordering them a Lyft ride, you can do so within the app in a few simple steps. Visit Business Insider’s homepage […]
The car-news site Jalopnik asked Uber and Lyft drivers to send in their receipts in an effort to analyse how much the companies were skimming off the drivers’ fares. In analysing 14,756 fares, Jalopnik found that both companies were taking heftier chunks of drivers’ fees than had been reported. Uber […]
