by Michael Strong | Jun 18, 2020
The impact of the pandemic has forced many companies to take a hard look at how they will do business in the future, and ride-hailing service Lyft Inc. is making a major change, committing to using battery-electric vehicles only by 2030. In a blog post on its website,...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 11, 2020
The nation’s two largest ride-hailing services, Uber and Lyft, were already hammered by the coronavirus pandemic when they got word that they now will have to treat their drivers as employees, rather than contractors. How to view those who actually work on the front...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 10, 2020
The coming year will see a flood of new battery-electric vehicles rolling into U.S. showrooms, including the Ford Mustang Mach-E, the Volkswagen ID.4 and the Cadillac Lyriq. The latter is one of 20 new BEVs General Motors plans to roll out by 2023, but despite the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 5, 2020
Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies is reaching out to potential customers of its Uber Eats food delivery service in a bid to connect them with local black-owned restaurants. The Uber Eats app and web pages now highlight such restaurants in the U.S. and Canada and...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 4, 2020
Doctors are starting to discover that COVID-19 can have long-lingering effects. That’s no surprise to the auto industry which is expected to feel the impact for years to come, according to a new study which anticipates global vehicle sales will fall about 47 million...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 15, 2020
Cruise Automation is cutting some employees, but the company remains tightly focused on its objective of developing self-driving vehicles, GM Chairman Mary Barra said during a web conference. Barra confirmed earlier reports from California that Cruise would be...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 14, 2020
(c) 2020 TheDetroitBureau.com Uber now will require drivers and delivery workers, as well as passengers, to wear masks, one in a series of steps the ride-sharing service is taking to both minimize the spread of the coronavirus and to win back customers who may be...
by Michael Strong | May 8, 2020
No part of the U.S. transportation industry is immune to the coronavirus as ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft posted substantive losses for the first quarter while also taking measure to try to stem the tide including pay cuts and layoffs. Uber cut 14% of its...
by Michael Strong | May 8, 2020
Courtesy of the ongoing pandemic, Waymo is going back to the future with its Waymo one autonomous ride service. The company is going to resume sending the vehicles back out on the roads around Phoenix, but with drivers only — no passengers. The company suspended...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 7, 2020
Intel Corp. acquired Moovit for approximately $900 million to boost the tech company’s position as a complete mobility service provider when teamed with Mobileye, Intel’s advanced driver assistance system and autonomous technology unit. Moovit is an Israeli...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 22, 2020
General Motors told the 230,000 subscribers to its Maven car-sharing service that it will no longer accept reservations. The project, first launched four years ago, was expected to position GM as a major player in the “sharing” economy. But while ride-sharing services...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 2, 2020
General Motors and Honda are expanding existing ties, teaming up to develop new battery-electric vehicles the Japanese automaker plans to add to its line-up for the 2024 model-year. Honda will bring two new all-electric models to market, it announced late Thursday,...
