Just like knowing thecheapest days to flywhen it comes to flying, knowing the best time of day to get the best rates is also important with Uber. In-demand” nights will always make you more money. You will earn more on nights like these then on a Tuesday or Wednesday night. If you ...
And never more so than Tuesday night, when an invitation to a party being hosted by friends of friends–perhaps friends of friends of friends–led to an Uber ride up increasingly narrow and winding streets up a steep grade through neighborhoods we did not remotely recognize before we realized ...
and hybrid electric models. Now, Uber can offer battery electric vehicles as the sole “green” option in more than 40 cities globally, executives said at Uber’s annual Go Get Zero sustainability conference in London on Tuesday.
The flames from a fire that broke out Tuesday evening near a nature preserve in the inland foothills northeast of LA spread so rapidly that staff at a senior living center had to push dozens of residents in wheelchairs and hospital beds down the street to a parking lot. The resident...
Part of the equation is also what you prefer. Some people absolutely hate driving at night, so their best option is to find out when demand is highest during the daytime. But you can also flip that on its head, and if you prefer driving at night, you’ll want to find the times that...
One of these rides should be after a night of drinking. One ride on a busy night. One regular ride. I want you to see what it feels like to be a passenger. You can’t become a great driver if you don’t know what the expectations of the passenger are. The good news is that yo...
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Uber will soon offer rides in Waymo’s autonomous vehicles using the regular Uber app. It will also integrate with Uber Eats for meal delivery. Announced on Tuesday, the service will begin toward the end of the year in the Metro Phoenix area, where Waymo is already offering driverless rides...
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But Uber’s lowest point came in March 2018 when one of its autonomous test vehiclesstruck and killed a pedestrianin Tempe, Arizona. Elaine Herzberg, 49, was hit as she crossed a road at night. It was later confirmed that the safety driver had not been monitoring the road ahead at the ...