Tag: gig-economy
Gig economy developments, platforms, and worker dynamics.
Bird continues to face challenges
Bird sold a vision of micro-mobility and got me excited
Lime raises $500M and public plans
The Verge reports that, Lime, the electric scooter company, has raised over $500 million in funding and confirmed plans to go public
Lyft doing pretty well with Rentals
Little known is Lyft doing consumer rentals much like Hertz
Uber partners with Hertz to offer 50,000 Tesla
Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday said it is launching a new partnership with rental car company Hertz to offer 50,000 Tesla Inc vehicles as a rental option for its ride-hail drivers by 2023.The announcement comes after Hertz on Monday said it would order 100,000 Tesla vehicles by the end of 2022, meaning that half of the rental company's Tesla fleet would be reserved exclusively for Uber drivers.For Uber drivers, Tesla rentals will start out at $334 a week, including insurance and maintenance, and consist mostly of the company's Model 3 sedan
Uber starts 15-minute delivery in Paris
Uber has launched a 15-minute delivery service in Paris, named Carrefour Sprint, in collaboration with Carrefour and French startup Cajoo
DoorDash and Uber Eats is gaining on Grubhub
Note that this is a share-price chart and not representing the sales of the various companies