Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. Aaron Chown/Getty Images Uber unveiled a series of new sustainability measures on Thursday. They include giving drivers in-app guidance on when and where they can charge their EVs. All restaurants on Uber Eats will also use sustainable packaging by 2030, the company said. Uber unveiled a series of new sustainability measures
Uber plans to bring peer-to-peer car sharing to North America, starting with Toronto and Boston, the company said at its Go-Get product event in London. The ride-hailing and delivery app company launched a car-sharing service in Australia last year after acquiring local startup Car Next Door. The service, which lets users rent out their vehicles,
Self-driving car pioneer Waymo is teaming up with ride-hailing leader Uber in the Phoenix area to transport passengers and deliver food in robotic cars that triggered a bitter technological dispute between the two companies. The partnership announced Tuesday provides Waymo with another avenue to expand a robotaxi service that it has been running in the
False teeth. A pack of condoms. Six cheesecakes. A toy poodle. A rat. And a Danny Devito Christmas ornament. Sound like the contents of your man-cave? The stuff in the trunk of the Volvo? Grab-bag gifts for the upcoming July 4 barbeque? Wrong on all counts. That’s a partial list released this week from Uber’s
New York’s top state court on Thursday threw out claims by yellow cab operators that New York City diminished the value of their taxi licenses by failing to rein in app-based competitors like Uber and Lyft. The New York Court of Appeals in a unanimous ruling said the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) never
Uber announced that it’s adding 14 new markets to Comfort Electric, its EV rideshare service. The program allows you to hail electric vehicles like the Tesla Model 3, Ford Mustang Mach-E and Polestar 2. It’s another small step toward the company’s goal of phasing out gas-powered vehicles by 2030. Uber’s Comfort Electric program adds availability
Some cars seem oddly well-suited to Uber (Toyota Prius, anyone?), but the company is now taking things a step further. Uber chief Dara Khosrowshahi told guests at a Wall Street Journal event that his firm is now teaming up with car manufacturers to design EVs with ridesharing and deliveries in mind. Rideshare cars will ideally
Uber has expanded its Comfort Electric service “nationwide” to 24 US cities, letting users request rides in all-electric vehicles like the Tesla Model 3, Polestar 2 and Ford Mustang Mach-E. It also expanded to Vancouver in British Columbia, which has the highest sales rate of zero-emission vehicles in North America. Comfort Electric launched last May
Uber Technologies Inc’s CEO said the company is expanding a program in the United States to show drivers fare value and routes before accepting rides, part of its efforts to bring on more drivers. Uber is expected to announce its second-quarter earnings on Tuesday. In May, the ride services company said its driver base was
Uber driver Angle Nares, left, helps Mike Hess, who is blind, out of his car in Cherry Creek, Colo. Blind people and others with disabilities are heavily reliant on Uber to get around. (2016, Denver Post via Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Uber Technologies Inc will pay more than $2 million and waive wait time fees
