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  • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
    Lex
    Lyft: Risher cannot reverse ride hailer out of market dead end Premium content

    Tech group’s poor performance and high costs make it a potential acquisition target

  • Monday, 27 March, 2023
    Lyft founders step back as ride-hailing company names new chief

    Former Amazon executive David Risher will take over as the company tries to make up ground lost to rival Uber

  • Friday, 10 February, 2023
    Lex
    Lyft: running low on gas in race against Uber Premium content

    Being a more localised and focused company should be an advantage but in practice, size matters

  • Friday, 10 February, 2023
    Uber surges further ahead of rival Lyft in ride-share race

    Lyft acknowledges profits will fall as it tries to catch up in increasingly lopsided battle

  • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
    Lex
    Ride hailing: Uber is driving Lyft’s pure-play model off the road Premium content

    Competition is throwing up roadblocks to smaller group’s post-pandemic recovery

  • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
    Technology sector
    Tech groups cut jobs and pause hiring amid ‘leaner times’

    Stripe and Lyft become latest to announce lay-offs as Amazon keeps lid on headcount

  • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
    Gig economy
    Uber and Lyft slide after US proposes new gig work rule

    ‘Test’ would determine if workers are employees or independent contractors

  • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
    Michael Moritz
    Lyft wants a free ride from California’s richest

    The company is sponsoring a climate tax on high earners to fund new vehicles and bail out its drivers

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    Driverless vehicles
    The peculiar economics of autonomous cabs 

    A reality check for Lyft’s over-ambitious, ever-decreasing, ETA-free plans for robot taxis

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    #techFT
    Investors drop off Uber and Lyft shares Premium content

    US set to target Hikvision, Airbnb’s sunny outlook, Lego builds online business

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber’s ride-hailing business recovers as rival Lyft struggles

    San Francisco-based companies that have been hit by Covid curbs on movement post contrasting results

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    FT MagazineElaine Moore
    Why San Francisco turned sour on Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing apps

    A new service hopes to offer something new to drivers and riders. But it shouldn’t expect an easy ride

  • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
    #techFT
    Uber’s profit delivery not quick enough

    Twitter’s modest ad hit, Vodafone rejects Iliad bid, Samsung’s massive tablet

  • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
    News in-depthTransport
    Petrol prices bruise car drivers in US gig economy

    Ride-hailing and delivery app workers turn down customers far away or quit after fuel costs soar

  • Friday, 5 November, 2021
    #techFT
    Is ride-hailing finally a profitable business?

    There could be better days ahead for investors, but the wider sector still faces some challenges

  • Sunday, 17 October, 2021
    LexGig economy
    Gig jobs: Lyfts to wages make it tougher for platforms to Deliveroo Premium content

    Labour cost inflation and employment pressures will test business models of apps

  • Monday, 23 August, 2021
    Gig economy
    Uber and Lyft shares rise despite legal setback on ‘gig workers’

    Companies to contest ruling that California’s Proposition 22 on contractors is ‘unconstitutional’

  • Monday, 23 August, 2021
    Gig economy
    US gig workers carry on the fight for rights as jobless aid comes to an end

    Millions will be left unprotected when coronavirus pandemic safety net expires in September

  • Thursday, 6 May, 2021
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber seeks to reassure investors over rising US regulatory threat

    Ride-share group’s employment model faces scrutiny from labour secretary Marty Walsh

  • Tuesday, 4 May, 2021
    Lyft woos drivers with promise of ‘meaningful interactions’

    Company expects to lure back drivers tired of working for food delivery apps

  • Thursday, 29 April, 2021
    Gig economy
    Shares of gig economy groups dive on comments by US labour official

    Marty Walsh says more drivers should be considered employees in challenge to business model of Uber and Lyft

  • Tuesday, 27 April, 2021
    Technology
    Lyft/Uber: robotaxi tap-out

    The great autonomous consolidation continues.

  • Monday, 26 April, 2021
    Driverless vehicles
    Toyota buys Lyft’s self-driving unit for $550m

    Japanese carmaker also has a stake in Aurora, another autonomous vehicle business

  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    Uber Technologies Inc
    Uber and Lyft ‘throwing money’ at US drivers to ease shortage

    Ride-sharing apps turn to bonuses and extra pay as they struggle to meet a rebound in demand

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    LexDriverless vehicles
    Lyft/driverless cars: along for the ride Premium content

    Company’s consumer-facing app could turn autonomous vehicles into viable commercial proposition

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