There is a significant change in the industry taking place at the moment which harks back to the beginning of the market when companies were investing in each other to try and get a lead in their desired sub-market. Recently Motoring Weekly discussed the investment made by Honda in GM’s Cruise Automation division that followed a similar investment by SoftBank - who have a … [Read more...]
Waymo and Uber Resolve Trade Secret Complaint
You always know that during the early years of any market, there will always be shenanigans and dodgy behaviour which will result in the lawyers getting involved and making some good cash. This has been happening with the ride-share and autonomous vehicle market. Last year it was Waymo and Uber at loggerheads over their technologies. At the core of the dispute was Otto, the … [Read more...]
Ride-Share Cars Are Filling City Streets
Over the past few months there have been several reports released about the state of city traffic - mostly in the US. The underlying issue of the reports is that ride-sharing systems are clogging the streets and not reducing the traffic volume as they claim. Uber, Lyft and all the regional ride-share companies are known as Transportation Network Companies (or TNCs - got to … [Read more...]
St. Louis Ride Share Driver Admits Filming Passengers
In a recent article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper, a driver admitted that he had been making some extra money on the side. The driver in question, who was signed up to drive for both Uber and Lyft, had kitted out his car with several cameras and recording devices. He admitted to the paper that he sought out “interesting” passengers to livestream to the Twitch … [Read more...]
Most Ride Share Companies Are Related
There are many, many ride sharing companies springing up across the globe. Several are now household names in many cities: Uber in many countries, Lyft in the US, Didi Chuxing in China and Ola in India. For South East Asia, many people know of - and use - Grab whilst in Brazil it is a company called 99. Many of the established companies own stakes in the others: Uber had for … [Read more...]