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Chinese tech giant Baidu has started testing autonomous vehicles in London as part of its partnership with Lyft and Freenow, the German taxi and multi-mobility app that Lyft now owns. …
… Lyft CEO David Risher posted a blog that got my attention. In it, he laid out the company’s multi-sensor safety standard for autonomous rides. The upshot: Autonomous vehicles that use one type of sensor can’t go on the Lyft network. …
… Alaska Airlines CEO and president Ben Minicucci joined Lyft’s board of directors . …
… Lyft CEO David Risher says it’s the “Good Uber,” per Wired . …
… Lyft published a blog that lays out the company’s position on autonomous vehicles. In its view — and one that is similar to rival Uber — a ride-hailing service requires human drivers and robot ones. This makes sense politically; Lyft doesn’t want to rattle its human gig workers. …
… Proposition 22 , a 2020 ballot initiative passed by voters and upheld by the California Supreme Court, was backed by Uber, Lyft, and others as a compromise that gave workers access to health insurance and other benefits while maintaining their contractor status. …
… Kaled Alhanafi, a former Lyft and Cruise executive, and Chetan Patel, who spent a decade building cardiac devices at Medtronic, co-founded Basata after each experienced the problem directly. …
… Lyft said it plans to acquire Serveo’s bike-share business in Spain. …
… There’s no dearth of competitors — Lyft in the U.S., Didi and 99 in Latin America, Bolt, Ola around the world, and on delivery, DoorDash, Delivery Hero. …