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GM Joins Ride-Hailing Market With Sidecar Buy

January 20, 2016
Uber’s First Casualty: On-Demand Delivery Sidecar Shutting Down
Mobile Commerce // December 30, 2015

Sidecar will ride no more. The on-demand car service that looked to challenge rivals in the same space — most notably Uber, as well as Lyft — will cease most (but not all) operations at the end of 2015. TechCrunch reported Tuesday (Dec. 29) that the...

Ride-Sharing Services Get More Legal Pushback
Mobile // September 26, 2014

The District Attorneys of Los Angeles and San Francisco are threatening three prominent mobile ride services—Uber Technologies, Lyft and Sidecar—with injunctions and accused them of violating California law. The accusation is that the services are “misleading customers about how thoroughly (they) check the criminal backgrounds...

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GM Joins Ride-Hailing Market With Sidecar Buy

January 20, 2016
General Motors (GM) is gearing up to lock horns with Uber with its latest acquisition of Sidecar, a ride-hailing and delivery service provider. The acquisition comes after Sidecar shuttered its app-based ridesharing and delivery service in December last year. “This is the end of the road for the Sidecar ride and delivery service, but it’s […]

Uber’s First Casualty: On-Demand Delivery Sidecar Shutting Down

December 30, 2015
Sidecar will ride no more. The on-demand car service that looked to challenge rivals in the same space — most notably Uber, as well as Lyft — will cease most (but...

Ride-Sharing Services Get More Legal Pushback

September 26, 2014
The District Attorneys of Los Angeles and San Francisco are threatening three prominent mobile ride services—Uber Technologies, Lyft and Sidecar—with injunctions and accused them of violating California law. The accusation...