As 2021 kicks off, it’s clear that battery electric mobility will be the big overarching theme in the coming months. EVs have now made Elon Musk the world’s wealthiest human being, they now account for a majority of cars sold in […]
As 2021 kicks off, it’s clear that battery electric mobility will be the big overarching theme in the coming months. EVs have now made Elon Musk the world’s wealthiest human being, they now account for a majority of cars sold in […]
Happy New Year! For what it’s worth, we enter 2021 optimistically. Not only is the world going to beat Covid, but conquering the deadly virus just might renew humanity’s appreciation for mobility. After all, after the devastation wrought by the […]
Big tech sees the successful and expensive ballot initiative as a huge win, but it may be the opening skirmish in a larger fight over gig worker rights While the full impact of the 2020 election is just beginning to […]
There was plenty of news in every corner of the mobility universe this week. As Tesla takes another big step forward in its AV-ambitions, a (very) deep-pocketed competitor across the Pacific believes it can compete with the EV leader by doing everything […]
On Monday, August 10th, California Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman ruled against Uber and Lyft, granting a preliminary injunction that would require the TNCs to reclassify their drivers as employees. The order will go into effect on August 20th, if […]
While TNCs have been fighting the State of California over AB5 and how workers are classified, a related battle has also been brewing on the East Coast. In a win for gig economy workers, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday […]
Few industries have been as hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic as ridesharing. With people staying indoors, demand has plummeted; while drivers, almost always classified as independent contractors, are largely unable to claim unemployment benefits. While a surge in delivery […]
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin filed suit against DoorDash on Tuesday, claiming that the company illegally misclassified its employees as independent contractors. Reminiscent of the battle playing out between the state of California and ridesharing companies like Uber and […]
The world of mobility’s really heating up, especially now that we’re almost two weeks away from CoMotion MIAMI LIVE! The past week saw Uber lose out to Just Eat Takeaway in the battle for Grubhub, good news for mass transit, as French and Japanese […]
The ongoing saga continues: the Golden State struck a powerful blow in the fight that’s pitted TNCs like Uber and Lyft against California Assembly Bill 5. The battle over AB5 stems from the rideshare giants’ classification of their drivers as […]