As fuel prices rise, the ability of last-mile delivery firms to either absorb those costs or pass them along to customers could be key to their survival.
The ride-hailing giant has struggled to turn a profit over the years, but that finally changed in 2021.
A new coalition, Justice for App Workers, is aiming to unionize about 100,000 ride-share and delivery drivers in New York City.
As COVID ravaged the economy, the gig economy boomed. Responding to the need, gig workers stepped up to ensure groceries were delivered and e-commerce orders arrived on time.
A legislative movement to give EU gig workers more protection could foreshadow a similar reckoning in the U.S.
Q3 2021 marked the first adjusted EBITDA-profitable quarter in Uber’s publicly traded history and the second in a row for Lyft.
After becoming adjusted EBITDA-profitable for the first time ever in Q2 2021, Lyft keeps it rolling with another solid quarter.
The California startup will use its new funding to continue extending benefits to gig workers across multiple apps and platforms.
A new initiative from Moves Financial is rewarding gig workers with stock in the very companies for which they work.
A strike of Instacart shoppers led by the Gig Workers Collective will take place this weekend.
Representatives from both sides of the aisle and company executives convened in a webinar hosted by the Consumer Technology Association.
The proposed $1 trillion infrastructure package includes a provision that would study the potential for a “driving tax” of 8 cents per mile.
In some big news for the rideshare giant, Uber on Tuesday revised its Q3 2021 outlook and now expects earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to be positive as early as this quarter. Shares of the company’s stock ended the day up about 11.5% on the news. In an SEC filing, Uber (NYSE: UBER) […]
Self-driving technology company Aurora said it will deploy a Toyota Sienna autonomous vehicle in rideshare service in the next six months.
As companies struggle to ensure independent contractors are properly classified, many are missing out on the value technology can provide in the process.
The company this week announced a $7.5 million funding round to build out its in-house tech and further expand its coverage.
A push to legislate the definition of app-based drivers also is ongoing, as well as a lawsuit by the state’s attorney general.
“We are very interested in areas where mobility collides with other themes. … Companies becoming more open to innovation will make these collisions much more frequent.”
Modern Shipper polled the Uber/Lyft Drivers Facebook group to see which apps rideshare drivers are really using
Modern Shipper polled Uber and Lyft drivers to find out their favorite electronic assistants.
