Karhoo announced a ground-breaking partnership with SNCF Mobilités bringing door-to-door transport services to travellers across France. Karhoo has created an innovative new platform which enables travellers on SNCF’s high-speed trains to book first and last mile journeys by taxi or private hire vehicle. The service called “Mon Chauffeur” can be accessed through the OUI.sncf app […]
The specialised Dutch software and IT-company Pitane Mobility recently concluded two cooperation agreements with Karhoo and HERE. “Karhoo works slightly differently from many of his rivals such as Uber. It provides a platform for taxi companies to offer fares in the app so that users can choose the provider that suits their needs. For the […]
On Sunday, May 19, The New York Times published a scathing investigative series on the financial crisis for yellow cab owner drivers that profiled NYTWA members Mohammed Hoque and Mohammad Hossain. On the same day, The New York Daily News published a story on how Uber and Lyft have destroyed incomes for yellow cab drivers. NYTWA Executive Director Bhairavi Desai said, “We’ve […]
While Uber and Argentine officials argue over whether the company is an app or a transportation company, drivers suffer fines, violence, and instability. Most Porteños, or residents of Buenos Aires, know the drill when it comes to hailing an Uber. Change the payment method to cash on the app, memorize the driver’s license plate number, […]
On a desolate block of Long Island City sits a vacant warehouse, its entrances padlocked and doorbell defused. A FedEx tag for an undelivered package, dated 5/23, has been stuck to a barred doorway for at least 11 months. Visible through filthy second-floor windows is a small sign that reads simply The Black Car Fund. Created […]
Lyft is beefing up its driver background check process with two new features it says are intended to “[improve] the safety and security of [its] platform.” It today announced continuous background checks and enhanced identity verification, both of which will roll out in the coming days to weeks. “The safety of the Lyft community is […]
Uber is aiming to price its IPO at the midpoint of its target range or below, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC, according to Quartz. Uber is expected to price its shares Thursday and start trading Friday. Uber set a price range of $44 to $50 per share for its initial public offering in […]
Thousands of Uber drivers around the world went on strike on Wednesday, May 8, ahead of the company’s hotly anticipated IPO on Friday, which is slated to be one of the largest in recent history at an estimated $90 billion valuation. In at least eight cities in the US, including San Francisco, Chicago, and New […]
On the eve of Uber’s public offering, app drivers in New York City logged off from 7 AM to 9 AM to join the international strike day. Drivers across the globe were also protesting Uber’s business model of greed before humanity. While Uber bosses prepare to reap billions in profits, Uber and other App drivers […]
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is missing out on leading the hottest IPO in years, Uber Technologies Inc. The consolation: a potential $600 million windfall from a mere $5 million wager that Goldman’s bankers made using the firm’s own money back in 2011, only a year after Uber had started offering rides. How Goldman lost its […]
