Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 02:49:51 +0000
But the companies still face a patchwork of local business licences that make the service initially unavailable in some municipalities.
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Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 20:20:23 +0000
VICTORIA – Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft have been approved to operate in Metro Vancouver, paving the way for the major companies to get vehicles on the streets within days or weeks. The Passenger Transportation Board ruled Thursday that both companies can begin to put cars on the streets in the Lower Mainland and Whistler, […]
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Credit to Author: Jennifer Saltman| Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 23:02:25 +0000
In B.C., ride-hailing companies will not be required to provide wheelchair-accessible vehicles
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Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 23:58:18 +0000
Premier John Horgan says he’s disappointed the independent agency charged with approving ride-hailing licences is taking so long.
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Credit to Author: Edward Ongweso Jr| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:26:21 +0000
Layoffs, investment exits, and sudden deal back-outs. SoftBank’s strategy of weaponizing capital is failing.
Read moreCredit to Author: Rahul Sonnad| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 06:34:20 +0000
There is a long-standing argument about whether Tesla is a car company or a tech company. This argument is typically made in the context of how Wall Street should value the company. If Tesla is just a new kind of carmaker, it should be valued at something significantly less than its annual revenue — maybe 25% to 50%, like Ford and GM. Alternatively, if Tesla is a tech company, then it could be valued significantly higher. Google, for example, is trading at about 6 times its revenues today, Facebook at 8, Microsoft at 9, and Salesforce at 10 times. Tesla trades at around 3 times its revenues with some profits, while Uber and Lyft trade around 4 times revenues and have never been profitable
Credit to Author: Jennifer Saltman| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:43:40 +0000
The plan is to have an interim inter-municipal business licence in place by Jan. 31, and a full framework by the end of 2020.
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Credit to Author: Glenda Luymes| Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2019 16:00:16 +0000
Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation to consider regional licensing process for ride-hailing companies on Thursday
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Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:47:17 +0000
The company says that in 2017 and 2018, it received nearly 6,000 reports of sexual assault in the U.S., 500 of which were reported rapes.
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Credit to Author: Randy Shore| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 18:55:11 +0000
The Chinese-language Kabu Ride app, which operated in the grey area, has been working hard to have its drivers update to commercial licences
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