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Lyft's Self-Driving Car Division

Posted by: RideGuru Team in Rideshare Knowledge 7 years, 2 months ago

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Lyft has been working on their self-driving cars for a while now, among a list of other companies involved in the autonomous vehicle race.

The goal of this “movement”, as some may call it, is to help end personal car ownership and decrease the number of vehicles on the road. Less vehicles on the road leads to positive impact on the environment by reducing pollution and greenhouse emissions.

Lyft is one of the major companies at the forefront of this “transportation revolution”. The goal of this revolution is to improve communities, and make everyone have a better quality life. …

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180 Days of Change at Uber

Posted by: Felicia Dodge in Driver Community , Rideshare Knowledge 7 years, 2 months ago

180 days of change at uber

Uber has been through a lot over the past 6 months. Now, the company is looking forward to the future, and exploring ways to build up their reputation to what it used to be (and better). It only makes sense that this first step of reform is focused on the backbone of Uber’s business, their drivers. Many drivers have decided to leave Uber and join a different rideshare platform due to being treated unfairly or harshly by the company and its policies.

Uber realizes that in order to be profitable, they need to keep their drivers happy and decrease employee …

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Uber Focuses on Profitability - Not Global Dominance

Posted by: RideGuru Team in Rideshare Knowledge 7 years, 2 months ago

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Not only is Uber facing challenges in the U.S. – the company is also struggling to maintain their global domination across other foreign markets.

Since Uber’s inception, people everywhere were confident the company will take over the world. The ridehailing company still remains one of the only global players in the market, but we don’t see world domination in Uber’s near future.

Right now, the company is struggling to make money. This may come as a surprise to some people, but Uber is not profitable. In fact, they have been losing increasingly more money in the past two years of …

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How Uber and Lyft are Disrupting Public Transportation

Posted by: Felicia Dodge in Rideshare Knowledge 7 years, 2 months ago

Lately, it seems as though Uber and Lyft are constantly changing. In the rideshare industry, companies need to adapt to the developing environment, and create innovations that make their company stand out against the rest. Each company wants to be the next “new thing”.

In San Francisco, Lyft started testing a shuttle service that has preset stops during commuting hours. This new service will act similar to a bus service that people can frequently take to commute to work during the week.

Additionally, both Uber and Lyft started doing “smarter pickups”. These pickups encourage riders to walk to a nearby …

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How to Drive in Different Cities

Posted by: RideGuru Team in Driver Community , Rideshare Knowledge 7 years, 3 months ago

If you are a driver in the U.S. looking for employment, chances are Uber and Lyft are available in your area. One of the advantages of large scale companies such as Uber and Lyft is that they are widely available. Lyft is available in over 300 U.S. cities, and Uber is available across the world, operating in over 700 cities worldwide. For a full list of cities where Uber and Lyft operate check out the Uber and Lyft cities pages.

 

As a driver for Uber and Lyft, it is also possible to drive in a city different from where you …

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