Lyft Archives - Page 2 of 2 - Market Mad House

daniel May 8, 2015March 11, 2016 Avis Budget, FlightCar, FlightCar is Dumb, Hertz, Lyft, Rental Cars, Sidecar, Uber, Uber Banned, Uber Cars Confiscated, Uber Cars Towed, Uber Future, Uber Illegal, Uber Technologies Inc., Zipcar

Uber Is Not a Threat to Car Rental Companies

News stories prove that the reports of the car rental industry’s demise are greatly exaggerated. It is Uber and its ilk that are fighting for survival, not Avis-Budget, Hertz and Enterprise.

Market Insanity

daniel April 17, 2015March 28, 2016 Avis, Benjamin Graham, Disruptive Technology, GOOG, Google, Google Car, Hertz, Lyft, Mr. Market, Mr. Money Mustache, PayPal, Ridesharing Apps, Self-Driving Car, Sidecar, Uber, Zipcar

Uber Banned Again

We need to ask ourselves what sort of future companies like Uber have. If they cannot comply with a few basic regulations and make money, then their business model is not viable. Perhaps it is time we scrapped this ridesharing concept or took it back to the drawing board.

Long Ideas

daniel January 17, 2015January 17, 2015 Disruptive Technology, Electric Cars, Elon Musk, F, Ford, General Motor, Giga Factory, GM, GOOG, Google, Lyft, New Source of Electricity, Plug Power, Sidecar, Super Chargers, Tesla, Tesla Motors, Toyota, TSLA, Uber, Warren Buffett

GM’s Chevy Bolt the First Car Built for Ride Sharing

That means GM will have to get the base price of an electric vehicle down to around $25,000 to be competitive in the ridesharing market. If it did that, General Motors could become the market leader based on fuel economy alone.