Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: john m on September 15, 2017, 11:52:50 am
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Google spinoff Alfabet are due to announce they are investing ONE BILLION DOLLARS in LYFT ridesharing app .Puts the 400jobs UBER were promising in Ireland in the halfpenny place .Will Google/Lyft /Alfabet lobby the Irish government for rideshare ?
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Where'd you come across that john? Interesting but strange also.
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They're just trying to wipe out Uber after they robbed Googles AI software.No is the answer.
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Bloomberg Business Chanel .Seems they are annoed with UBER robbing their Data for driver free motoring .
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They're just trying to wipe out Uber after they robbed Googles AI software.No is the answer.
Hope You are right Merc .Google grew by being vultures buying up smaller tec firms then using their Might and brand to push the tec.
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Lyft have a good reputation in the US..Lyft already tried to open up here about 4 years ago and they were told to get lost.
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Right so. Bloomberg??? Ya beedin' economist ya!
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I'd say they're just trying to scare off any other investors touching Uber.Nobody has more money than Google.Which ever team they back wins in the end.Bye bye Uber.
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Google would be hard to up-end alright. Maybe Jeremy Clarkson and Amazon might be able to throw a sly roundhouse to Google's temple.
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Anyway, I'd be certain Travis wouldn't be stuck for a Double-Whopper if he was hungry.
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Amazon dont make an profit .They are just growing and growing and growing until they are so big they control the whole sales market with only bespoke stores competing for trade .Allibaba in China are doing the same ..Google have reached their peak and have cash on hand they have seen off Yahoo and even IBM for search engines we now say Google It when me really mean investigate it .
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I was acting the fool, John...yrs of practise.
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I'd say he's been pocketing investor money from the start.Either way he's toxic and so is Uber.Now the work begins to demonize Lyft and others..There's not much difference between them really.
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I'd say he's been pocketing investor money from the start.Either way he's toxic and so is Uber.Now the work begins to demonize Lyft and others..There's not much difference between them really.
Demonize ? If they offer the PUC and no waiting time and offer non Opt In promotions reply properly to your Emails .It would be hard to Deamonize them when that is the Industry standard they ave to beat .
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-14/alphabet-is-said-to-consider-lyft-investment-of-about-1-billion (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-14/alphabet-is-said-to-consider-lyft-investment-of-about-1-billion)
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Nah they had a chance and they blew it.Tough luck.
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Nah, found it interesting because of Uber's surcharge in London is what I meant. They seem to be a little misguided in their approach. Surprised the Limerick genius has them backed here for success all the same. The game now is to convince the gullible public that contributing a fee towards a cleaner environment is justifiable whereas the truth lies deep within their "second push". Jaysus, I do go on, don't I?
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GM already has $500M in that pot.
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Google already has an interest too via Waymo:
http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/05/15/gm-winner-as-lyft-inks-self-driving-deal-with-waymo.html (http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/05/15/gm-winner-as-lyft-inks-self-driving-deal-with-waymo.html)
The new partnership between Lyft and Waymo could give General Motors (GM) an extra leg up in the race to develop self-driving cars.
Lyft, the ride-hailing firm backed by GM, and Waymo, the self-driving unit of Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL), struck a deal Monday to combine forces as Uber, Lyft’s larger rival, works on technology of its own. Waymo is a leading developer of the software that powers self-driving cars, opening new possibilities for Lyft to launch driverless pilot programs. Ride services like Lyft and Uber are pursuing the technology in an effort to cut costs from employing human drivers.
Lyft said the deal is non-exclusive. In a statement, GM confirmed that it won’t affect the automaker’s existing partnership with Lyft, which received a $500 million investment from GM in January 2016.
“We continue to work with Lyft on various aspects of our business,” GM said.
GM, which was already seen as a leader in self-driving technology, may be squarely in the driver’s seat thanks to its newfound connection with Waymo, even if it’s an indirect one.
“This deal not only propels GM to the front of the ride hailing race, it also aligns a traditional manufacturer with arguably the leader in autonomous/self-driving vehicles,” Rebecca Lindland, executive analyst for Kelley Blue Book, said in an email.
At the time of its initial Lyft investment, GM said it planned to work with Lyft on building an “autonomous on-demand network” of cars. The two companies also suggested that self-driving taxis would enter the testing phase in 2017.
In December, GM CEO Mary Barra announced that GM would immediately begin testing self-driving Chevrolet Bolt electric cars. GM will build autonomous Bolts at its Orion Assembly Plant in Michigan. The Detroit-based company had been testing the vehicles in San Francisco and Scottsdale, Ariz.
Chrysler Pacifica Waymo autonomous car 2017 FBNExpand / Contract
(Fiat Chrysler Automobiles)
Waymo has also worked with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCAU). The car maker has built Chrysler Pacifica minivans for Waymo, which equipped them with the sensors and radar necessary to pilot the vehicle on its own. The minivans hit public roads in California and Arizona earlier this year.
News of the Lyft-Waymo partnership comes as the Alphabet subsidiary remains locked in a legal battle with Uber over allegations that Uber stole trade secrets.
A federal judge granted a partial injunction against Uber on Monday, forcing the company to return any files downloaded by a former Waymo employee who now works for Uber. Last week, the judge called for a criminal investigation into the case, although he said few of the allegedly stolen trade secrets made their way into Uber’s self-driving technology.
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"hey Alfie, fancy $1b ?"
"Sure Googs, show me da money."
" Let Bloomers know first"
"Will do Googs"
"Googs, you still there ? "