The LegalRideshare Podcast

Drivers create an own app, Uber drops commission and earnings are down. LegalRideshare breaks it down. DRIVERS CREATE THEIR OWN APP Drivers are fighting Uber by launching their own apps. Business Insider reported : Sperry and several hundred fellow drivers in San Diego are exploring forming a cooperative. Instead of driving for the established apps, Sperry said, they would set up their own app, el...

Waymo barrels through a pothole, Lyft eyes robotaxis and riders pay more. LegalRideshare breaks it down. WAYMOS & POTHOLES Waymos went full speed through a pothole. Road & Track reported : Waymo's driverless fleet of Jaguar I-Paces tend to perform exceedingly well in normal driving situations — but a pothole in the middle of a San Francisco intersection found a weak point in its prog...

Rides get more pets, drivers pay goes down and Waymo hits Austin. LegalRideshare breaks it down. UBER MAKES SERVICE ANIMAL RIDES EASIER Uber is making it easier to ride with service animals. The Verge reported : Uber introduced a new feature designed to make it easier for people with disabilities to ride with service animals. For years, Uber's policies toward service animals have been in accordanc...

Waymo expands, Tesla goes FSD in June and Uber faces the FTC. LegalRideshare breaks it down. WAYMO EXPANDS TO MORE CITIES Waymo is entering more cities. TechCrunch reported : Waymo plans to start testing autonomous vehicles in 10 new cities this year, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego, according to The Verge . However, this doesn't mean the company will launch commercial operations in any of t...

Insurance chaos, gig workers with no control and AI has errors. LegalRideshare breaks it down. NYC TO STABLIZE RIDESHARE INSURANCE NYC is trying to calm the chaos of insurance. Bloomberg reported : Two of the bills would make it easier to adjust insurance rates and allow regulators to phase increases after American Transit was criticized for offering drivers premiums far lower than its competitors...

Tesla's data gives doubts, Uber fights insurance and PA makes rides safer. LegalRideshare breaks it down. TESLA DATA DOUBTS Elon praising new data for full-self driving may be misrepresented. Electrek reported : Elon Musk is praising data that he claims shows Tesla is on the verge of achieving unsupervised Full Self-Driving, when in fact, it shows it is still years away and he is misrepresenting i...

Uber gears up for robotaxis, drivers get paid, and NYC fights lockouts. LegalRideshare breaks it down. UBER/LYFT PREPARE FOR ROBOTAXIS Robotaxis are here and the rideshare giants are gearing up. The Wall Street Journal reported : Both companies will have driverless cars — from Alphabet's Waymo and others — on their apps this year. In the coming months, riders in Austin, Texas, and Atla...

The IRS cracks down on gig workers, self-driving is here, and Lyft sues San Francisco. LegalRideshare breaks it down. IRS CRACKSDOWN ON GIG WORKERS The IRS made it clear it's cracking down on gig work. Gizmodo reported : In a sign that the Internal Revenue Service could be cracking down on gig workers, the agency has received authorization from a federal court to gather information from JustAnswer...

Walmart gets sued, the same rides for different prices and Instacart fights back. LegalRideshare breaks it down. WALMART ILLEGALLY OPENED ACCOUNTS Walmart is in trouble for opening up millions of deposit accounts for delivery drivers. CBS news reported : More than one million delivery drivers collectively paid more than $10 million in fees after Walmart and Branch Messenger illegally opened costly...

A startup gets empowered, drivers fight lockouts and Waymo takes the lead. LegalRideshare breaks it down. EMPOWER VS UBER Uber has a new rival using its own playbook. NY Times reported : Founded in 2019, the ride-hailing start-up Empower has become a serious rival to Uber and Lyft in Washington. It now does 100,000 rides in the city each week, good for 10 percent of the local market, a larger shar...

Drivers form a union, GM kills its robotaxi and Uber at odds with insurance. LegalRideshare breaks it down. MASS. DRIVERS FOR A UNION Drivers in Massachusetts can officially form a union. WGBH reported : Rodriguez and thousands of other ride-hailing service drivers in Massachusetts have signed cards indicating their support to join a union, less than one month after voters passed a ballot question...

Self-driving rules get relaxed, drivers strike over pay and Uber launching a new service. LegalRideshare breaks it down. TRUMP TEAM MAY RELAX SELF-DRIVING RULES Trump's transition team is looking to help Tesla. CNBC reported : Tesla shares jumped Monday following a report that President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is planning to make a federal framework to regulate self-driving vehicles a...

Drivers ask for cash, Uber threatens drivers and Waymo opens up. LegalRideshare breaks it down. DRIVERS ASKING FOR CASH Drivers have started asking passengers to pay in cash. Business Insider reported : Some drivers for rideshare services like Uber and Lyft are offering passengers an alternative: Ditch the apps entirely, agree on a price, and pay them in cash or through an app like Venmo. Drivers...

Lyft gets fined, Tesla hits a deer and drivers look to unionize. LegalRideshare breaks it down. LYFT PAYS $2.1M FINE Lyft pays a hefty fine after luring drivers with false earnings claim. TechCrunch reported : Lyft has agreed to a $2.1 million settlement proposed by the FTC over the car-hailing company's “deceptive earnings claims about how much money drivers could expect to make.” As...

Lyft adds service animals, states with the highest pay and drivers protest in NYC. LegalRideshare breaks it down. LYFT ADDING SERVICE ANIMALS Lyft is working on a service animal opt-in feature. TechCrunch reported : A Lyft spokesperson said, “We strive to provide an inclusive and accessible platform for riders, including those who rely on service animals.” They said the company is &ldq...

An overhyped event, the truth about the lockouts and Uber looks to Tesla. LegalRideshare breaks it down. Credit: Tesla “WE, ROBOT” LEAVES QUESTIONS The Tesla event left more questions than answers. Wall Street Journal reported : The gathering was ostensibly for Tesla to unveil a robotaxi vehicle and related service, but it was light on details about the cars and included even less abou...

This Week In Rideshare: Lyft Drivers, Uber AI and Tesla's “We, Robot”. LegalRideshare 4 min read Lyft entices drivers, Uber uses AI and Tesla's cybercab event. LegalRideshare breaks it down. LYFT IMPROVES PAY Lyft is trying to improve pay for drivers. Reuters reported : Lyft is looking to make its ride-hailing platform more attractive to drivers by rolling out measures such as higher p...

Injured passengers left legally stranded, the Tesla event we're waiting for and drivers create “do-it-yourself” robotaxis. LegalRideshare breaks it down. INJURED RIDERS CAN'T SUE Uber passengers who were seriously injured can't sue. CNN reported : A married New Jersey couple that was in a severe accident during an Uber ride can't sue the company because they and their daughter agreed t...

Uber announces a new feature, a looming crisis for drivers and Waymo gets friendly with Hyundai. LegalRideshare breaks it down. UBER VERIFIES RIDERS Uber gives drivers some peace of mind. The Verge reported : All Uber customers will have their personal information, like their name and phone number, cross-checked against third-party databases to make sure there aren't any potential red flags. In ad...

Drivers weigh-in on Waymo, dashers time at work and Tesla integrates with Uber. LegalRideshare breaks it down. DRIVERS WEIGH-IN ON WAYMO Uber drivers give their thoughts on Waymo. The Register adds : Tim — a pseudonym as he asked not to be identified — expects Waymo, the leading maker of self-driving taxis, to broadly under-cut Uber's human-operated ride-hailing service in the US city...

Lyft verifies in Chicago, Tesla goes Hollywood and bikes get dumped. LegalRideshare breaks it down. CLICK TO LISTEN TO PODCAST LYFT ADDS RIDER VERIFICATION Lyft adds rider verification in Chicago, but is it too late? Chicago Sun Times reported : Ride-hailing company Lyft is piloting a rider verification program in Chicago to crack down on anonymous users and improve drivers' safety — but cri...

A Waymo goes way wrong, Uber tweaks its teens, and feds pounce on “screwber”. LegalRideshare breaks it down. WAYMO GOES THE WRONG WAY Source: Waymo A robotaxi got a little confused. AZ Family reported : In a video now going viral on TikTok, two East Valley women caught a self-driving Waymo headed toward them going the wrong way down the street. The incident happened last week near Rura...

KENYAN DRIVERS DEFY UBER Drivers in Kenya defy Uber to survive. NTV reported : A bruising price war between ride-hailing companies Uber Technologies, Estonia's Bolt and local start-ups Little and Faras has driven fares down to a level that many drivers say is unsustainable, forcing them to set their own higher rates. The East African nation of 50 million people has been rocked by deadly protests a...

GenZ joins gig work, Uber fights lawsuits, and issues with robotaxis. LegalRideshare breaks it down. GENZ JOINS GIG WORK GenZ joins the gig work movement. NBC Miami reported : According to Bankrate more than 48% of GenZers and 44% of Millennials has a side hustle. Also, parents or guardians of kids younger than 18 are 45% more likely to have a side hustle. The study shares that the average side hu...

Educating gig workers, Uber goes AV, and Lyft ‘opens a can of whoop ass'. LegalRideshare breaks it down. EDUCATING GIG WORKERS One of the biggest issues gig workers face, is educating gig work. Forbes explains: While self-employment and the gig economy promise freedom and flexibility, they come with significant costs. Given that a majority of Americans cannot answer basic financial literacy...