Sunday, January 10, 2016

GM and Lyft Form Partnership

GM and Lyft
General Motors Co. and ride-hailing company Lyft Inc. have just formed an unprecedented partnership that could help them beat their rivals to the self-driving future and compete against their rivals.

Lyft said last 4 January 2016 that GM invested US$ 500 million in the company as part of a round of a US$ 1 billion round of fund-raising.

GM gets a seat on Lyft's board and access to the three-year-old company's software, which matches riders with drivers and automates payments. It also becomes a preferred vehicle provider, with the chance to get many more people behind the wheel of a Chevrolet, Buick, GMC or Cadillac.

San Francisco-based Lyft gets the expertise of a 108-year-old automaker with decades of experience in making connected and autonomous vehicles. Detroit-based GM also has an enviable global reach; it sells almost 10 million cars each year in more than 100 countries. Lyft operates in 190 U.S. cities, although it recently formed partnerships with ride-sharing services in China and India.

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