Uber is reportedly close to a deal with GMB, a U.K.-based labor union, to provide representation for rideshare drivers as it works to comply with a recent U.K. Supreme Court decision saying drivers were entitled to minimum wage.
The California Air Resources Board has voted to require rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft to conduct 90% of all rides in electric vehicles by 2030.
Like the rest of the economy, gig economy companies are struggling to find drivers, and that could have a negative impact on the growth opportunity for the industry moving forward.
Oklahoma has passed a law that would remove delivery services such as Amazon Flex drivers from compliance with state trucking regulations.
Arrival, which has a large electric van order from UPS, has selected HERE Technologies to provide turn-by-turn navigation and a location visibility platform for vehicles.
While some organizations blasted the Biden administration’s decision to withdraw a rule on employee classification, executives from Lyft and Uber have struck measured tones.
Electric vehicle startup Arrival announced it would build a ride-hailing specific electric car for Uber to use in the U.K. and Europe. Separately, Uber said it will now deliver everyday essential items to customers from Gopuff in the U.S.
Uber Eats announced it will enter the German market as it looks to take on food delivery service Just Eat Takeaway.com across Europe.
Two Democratic senators have introduced a bill that would offer gig workers a $250 unemployment benefit as part of an overhaul of unemployment insurance.
Uber will spend $250 million on driver stimulus incentives in an attempt to lure drivers back to the service as the lifting of COVID-related restrictions increases demand.
California has proposed a sustainability regulation for transportation network companies, including Uber and Lyft, that would require 90% of all rides to take place in electric vehicles by 2030.
The pandemic slashed ride volumes for medical transportation providers that brought patients to appointments. Now, some want to bring drugs and supplies to patients.
Uber’s decision to upgrade the status of its U.K. drivers puts added pressure on the company in the U.S. to do the same, even though experts say it has no legal impact on this side of the Atlantic.
A Miami-based insurance startup is offering gig workers the opportunity to purchase disability insurance that would protect them in case of income disruptions.
A change in IRS tax code included in the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill will require sellers and other businesses paying out more than $600 to gig workers to file tax forms with the IRS.
Uber is spinning off the robotic delivery division of Postmates into a new entity.
Volatile rates per hour and supply demands impacted gig economy drivers in 2020, but a brighter outlook is ahead.
Despite a last-minute pardon by former President Donald Trump in his criminal case, tech pioneer Anthony Levandowski’s legal woes continue after he was forced to file for bankruptcy protection on the same day he was ordered to pay Google $179 million in a contract dispute last year. Uber is now taking issue with the proposed […]
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Investments in its Eats and Delivery platforms have Uber on a path toward profitability as its Rides business recovers post-pandemic.
A new organization in New Jersey backed by app-based companies and community leaders is working to ensure gig workers can maintain their flexible and independent employment status.
E-commerce sales for alcohol are outpacing overall online sales, and Uber is betting that will continue post-pandemic, paying $1.1 billion for on-demand delivery company Drizly.
Uber will acquire Drizly, an on-demand alcohol marketplace, for $1.1 billion in cash and stocks.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, we explore the relationship between TFI International and the unionized LTL carrier UPS Freight. Plus, earnings have started in earnest and so far, so good.
Social Auto Transport aims to connect the gig economy with car dealers to help improve the customer service experience.
Fast-growth startup ClockWork focuses its solution on improving the lives of drivers
DOT Chief Elaine Chao announced a plan for autonomous vehicles on her last day at the department.
Uber’s stock dips on a report that Goldman Sachs is looking to unload 38 million shares. The company has made several moves recently to shore up the balance sheet and sustain its cash-intensive brokerage segment.
A rideshare drivers union that has helped push up wages and benefits for gig economy workers in New York City has expanded to Chicago.
Uber’s (NYSE: UBER) acquisition of Mexican grocery delivery startup Cornershop was approved on Monday by Mexico’s Federal Commission of Economic Competition (COFECE). The approval from COFECE was the last part of the acquisition. Terms of the deal, which gives Uber a majority stake in the company, were not disclosed. The acquisition furthers the expansion of […]
Local deliveries are now available in 2,400 U.S. markets, the unit says.
Craig Fuller and Mike Isaac discuss Isaac’s book as well as the rise and fall of Uber. They dive into the evolution of Uber, the company’s new reliance on Uber Eats and the impacts of new regulations.
Mehta and Sweat are keeping a step ahead of the evolving supply chain startup market.
Certain types of business models are more attractive to venture capitalists.
Big win for ballot measure but it has no provisions that impact trucking
Uber is looking to acquire FreeNow, the ride-hailing joint venture of BMW and Daimler that operates in more than 100 European cities.
Dismissal of a lawsuit is the latest decision that backs the supporters of the law governing employer-contractor job definitions
Innovation in the maritime industry relies on top-down mandates that are complicated by multilayered regulatory regimes and compliance requirements.
Freight segment’s EBITDA improved slightly but still in the red
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, prosecutors are recommending jail for former Uber executive Anthony Levandowski, and how much did Amazon spend on logistics in the second quarter?
Federal prosecutors have recommended a 27-month prison sentence for Anthony Levandowski, the former head of Uber’s self-driving division, as well as three years of supervised release.
Law outlines penalties of up to $20,000 per day for noncompliance.
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Andrew and Kevin are joined by former Great Quarter, Guys host and Senior Research Analyst, Seth Holm. The original three change the pace a bit and expand their normal “long/short” segment into a full-length episode. Topics covered include whether Tesla can become the most valuable company in the world, whether Uber overpaid for Postmates and […]
Deal comes at the backdrop of food delivery company GrubHub’s $7.3 billion acquisition last month by Just Eat Takeaway.
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. News reports that Uber is re-evaluating non-core units like Uber Freight did not take me by surprise. To learn more about what’s happening, you can read JP Hampstead’s Uber ‘re-evaluating’ non-core units like […]
Comcar, Hertz, and Uber all facing financial woes. Dooner and The Dude explore on today’s episode of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?
Growth at Uber Freight took a pause in Q1 while the digital brokerage trimmed losses.
Meanwhile, Uber Eats had a bang-up pandemic-related quarter.
U.S. factories face issues with sourcing from Mexico; Permian basin output to decrease in May; Lime raises funding from Uber.
Bill Driegert, head of operations and co-founder of Uber Freight, discusses “Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic With Real-Time Logistics Technology” during FreightWaves LIVE @HOME
A new front has opened up in the battle over AB5 as both sides use the COVID-19 pandemic to bolster their positions on the controversial labor law
Starsky Robotics believed it had a viable path to autonomous trucking, but investors didn’t agree and the startup ran out of money.
Anthony Levandowski still faces criminal charges after federal prosecutors allege he stole secrets about Google’s self-driving arm.
This week we make a clean sweep of the headlines and all the freight and logistics action. It’s a tough balancing act, getting it all in a single live episode of What the Truck?!?, but if anyone can do it, Dooner and Prevost can. Just look at how we demonstrate the power of gravity with […]
Darren Prokop writes about the future of data in for-hire transportation. Data is information and can become knowledge.
A difficult truck brokerage market appears to have stalled growth at Uber Freight compared to the third quarter. However, the operating loss narrowed significantly.
The Amazon Effect and Uberization of Freight pose daunting challenges for logistics companies, says FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller.
E-scooter startup Lime is stopping operations in a dozen cities across the world and laying off 14% of its workforce.
How the Uberization of freight is transforming logistics – From FreightWaves LIVE: Chicago Day 1 Bill Driegert, Senior Director Uber Freight.
To launch out of the gate on today’s episode, we tackle tough-minded Amazon and how they recently decided not to allow 3rd party sellers to use FedEx Ground and FedEx Home due to their shipping performance. A shipping performance below 98% on-time delivery won’t cut the mustard. Then, we take a quick look at where […]
R&D investment delivers top-5 status among FreightTech 25.
Bill would require DOT to make assault and harassment incidents publicly available.
Do we really need nail bars in warehouses’ Fedex’s Smith challenges New York Times publisher to tax policy debate
Plus: Seattle money play: Convoy wins, Amazon loses
Ballot initiatives included a tax on ride-sharing companies in San Francisco.
Uber Freight sees loads more than double on a year-over-year basis, but the division’s losses increased as well. Investors will now likely mull over these results as the company’s stock lock-up expiration approaches.
Ben Thrower’s commentary on whether we are approaching “peak car” will make you think about the present and the future…
Montreal-based Transport DSquare got an early taste of the platform on a Mississauga-Montreal haul and sees good things for the Canadian freight market.
Bill Driegert discussed both the Canadian and Polish expansions.
Democrats, labor consider California’s AB5 a “good first step”
The amount paid by Uber for majority ownership of Cornership has not been disclosed.
Law firm Benesch warns legislation will likely raise costs but carriers have options.
Enter Uber Works – an app that connects shift-workers with shift jobs. The app officially launched in Chicago on October 2.
Like Lyft, Uber is also decentralizing car-sharing in an effort to defy categories and shift user perception.
Imagine if Uber and public transit had a baby.
BlaBlaCar sees this acquisition as a unifying opportunity for Eastern Europe’s fragmented market under a single platform to meet a greater diversity of rider needs.
The ride-hailing company plans to plug the data captured by cameras and sensors into its self-driving system and run it in simulations and on a test track.
If buses are competing with on-demand mobility modes, then bus networks too need to meet the demand of their riders.
Barclays and Macquarie estimated that the companies will spend an extra $2,000 to $3,600 per driver annually.
In late August, Uber installed several self-service kiosks at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
With enough investor capital and vision, profit might not matter as much as analysts think.
Uber Freight makes it a point to meet drivers and carriers where they are.
Anthony Levandowski, a star engineer at Google and Uber, is charged with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft in a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday, August 27.
Since Uber went public in May 2019, journalists and analysts have sharpened their skepticism regarding the viability of the company’s sweeping ambition and future-reliant success. A 23 percent drop in the company’s stock shares (as of August 19) and its second quarter loss of $5 billion, mostly due to stock-based compensation, cause investors to wonder […]
Traffic congestion in the developing world is driving a flourishing on-demand bus market.
Uber’s second quarter as a public company saw a loss much worse than the consensus estimate. Revenue increased significantly at Uber Freight, so did the losses.
Logistics platform launches in second European country, where the trucking industry and shippers contend with a growing driver shortage and too many empty kilometers.
Plus: Cannabis marketplace EAZE cuts revenue projections by half; Uber funds Seattle congestion pricing report.
On this episode Dooner & Chad are talking the trucking apocalypse, grounded Boeing 737 MAXs, the e-scooter conundrum, Amazon’s Prime Day, and so much more!
On the backhaul edition of WTT?!?, Dooner and Chad are talking seized ships, spilled money, Amazon’s big bet on its own employees, Uber drivers becoming employees and so much more! Listen in now and then catch the live show on FreightWaves’ Facebook page live Mondays and Thursdays!
Ben Thrower writes about the potential of Facebook’s new cryptocurrency.
Plus: strawberry imports surge, Illinois cannabis law favors minority vendors; scooter accidents on the rise
Seattle, San Francisco and other West Coast cities have dramatically expanded water taxi service over the past few years.
On our weekend edition Max Farrell of WorkHound spends 5 Good Minutes, Uber releases facility insights reports, Texas makes mail theft a crime, trucker cargo hostage crises, round 2 of Brad vs Chad in Earnings Over/Under, and so much more.
“Uber for kids” companies view school transportation as a growth market.
Today on FreightWaves NOW, carriers need to take advantage of YOY rate increases happening right now. Meanwhile, the economic outlook for the freight industry isn’t pretty. Recent Wall Street reports are bullish on Uber and ECHO has a similar trajectory.
AllianceTexas will now have a mobility innovation zone for companies to test their futuristic transportation technology before commercial deployment.
Plus: Gold miner hatches plan to avoid tariffs
Uber and Lyft want to soak up mass transit business but at whose peril? USPS is painting itself into a corner as it loses last-mile business of its key customers
