Motional, an autonomous vehicle joint venture between Hyundai and Aptiv, is going to bring a driverless taxi service to Las Vegas in 2023 in partnership with Lyft. What’s the catch? Tesla is riding its strong momentum in car sales to expand into other areas.

As the average cost of a gallon of regular gas hit an all-time high on Tuesday, gig workers are venting frustration with companies such as Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash, per USA Today. Over 7,000 people have signed a petition asking for Uber and Lyft to raise their base rates to help offset the rising cost of gas.

Uber and Lyft are mostly focused on helping move employees to safety. Airbnb is offering free temporary housing to 100,000 refugees. Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov published an open letter imploring Apple CEO Tim Cook to stop supplying products and services to Russia.

New mobility players like Lyft, Uber, Via, and Wunder are disrupting vehicle fleet management. Cybersecurity players like Karamba, GuardKnox, and Upstream; OTA players like Sibros; and battery and charging players like QuantumScape, Enevate, and ChargePoint are all shifting dynamics in the space.

On today's episode, we discuss whether Donald Trump's new "Truth Social" platform can make some noise, Facebook rebranding the News Feed, whether LinkedIn is the best social network, Uber and Lyft's rebound, how Apple changed Facebook, an unpopular opinion about Disney, where Valentine's Day came from, and more. Tune in to the discussion with our director of forecasting Oscar Orozco and analysts Blake Droesch and Peter Vahle.

After a deflated 2020, Uber and Lyft are both poised to see US ride-sharing sales grow for years to come, but the former’s will rise faster and from a higher base.

One Medical already works with large employers like Google and Lyft, but it claims its primary care model can work with organizations of varying sizes.

Just in the past year, we’ve seen proactive moves from tech workers, like thousands of Google employees rejecting Project Maven, a massive Google walkout, the Facebook whistleblower’s exposé on data misuse, and strikes from Uber and Lyft drivers.

The ride-share aspect of Hertz’s service, in which it leases vehicles to Uber and Lyft drivers, could speed up EV adoption by easing drivers’ concerns about rising gas prices as well as the initial expense of investing in EVs. What the deal means for Polestar: The agreement is a substantial win and vote of confidence for Polestar’s vehicles.

Lyft and Uber have said they will cover the legal expenses for drivers who are sued for transporting someone to get an abortion. Citigroup, Apple, Amazon, Tesla, and more have said they will cover the medical costs of employees who travel out of state for abortion services. Levi Strauss & Co said it will cover such costs for full- and part-time employees.

This report provides the key takeaways from our forecast on US sharing economy users, including user data for Uber, Lyft and Airbnb.

And in December 2020, Lyft tied up with EHR giant Epic on a similar vaccine initiative. Lyft’s goal was to provide 60 million rides to and from vaccine sites for individuals from low-income, uninsured, or at-risk communities. Uber and Lyft are tapping into a major opportunity, considering transportation is a social determinant healthcare players are interested in tackling.

In a marketplace crowded with competition, ride-hailing pioneer Uber still dominates the US transportation-sharing economy. But as the first mover's growth slows, its main competitor Lyft will increasingly claim market share.

In 2020's pandemic-ravaged economy, Uber and Lyft will share in the pain. Usage for both services has been highly correlated with various local and statewide lockdown orders, and although we expect both companies will see better figures in H2 2020 than they did in H1, neither will get close to their 2019 numbers until next year.

Heather Freeland, vice president of marketing at Lyft, speaks with eMarketer vice president of business development Marissa Coslov on how the brand has pivoted its marketing priorities in response to shifting consumer behaviors, including partnering with Grubhub and offering free rides to the polls on election day.

eMarketer principal analyst Mark Dolliver, junior analyst Blake Droesch and vice president of content studio Paul Verna talk about a potential Facebook injunction, Hulu binge ads, YouTube's ads of the year, Lyft's new car rental service, Pandora voice ads, Google's top searches of 2019 and more.

eMarketer principal analysts Mark Dolliver and Yory Wurmser and forecasting analyst at Insider Intelligence Eric Haggstrom discuss whether Uber, Lyft and Airbnb can make a comeback. They then talk about what kids are doing with their increased screen time, location data consent and how comfortable Americans are with normal, everyday activities.

eMarketer principal analysts Mark Dolliver, Nicole Perrin, and Yory Wurmser join vice president of content studio at Insider Intelligence Paul Verna to discuss what a revised Section 230 might look like, the pivot to localized and loyalty-based marketing next year, re-reclassifying Uber and Lyft drivers in California, the changing tides of media ad spending, AMC Theatres being close to the edge, how an apple and an onion can taste the same, and more.

Uber and Lyft. Uber and Lyft dominate the US’ ride-hailing market—and they’ve expanded their clientele by diving into the nonemergency medical transport (NEMT) space. Lack of access to reliable transportation impedes patients’ access to care and costs the US healthcare system an estimated $150 billion annually.

It makes sense for digital health startups to partner with Uber or Lyft and tap their consumer bases for healthcare use cases. It could be a way for digital health startups to expand their customer acquisition channels.