Zimride (Zimmer founder of Lyft) started the first carpooling site. I used it many times to offer rides to Tahoe. Uber started their service with black cars.

Zimride (Zimmer founder of Lyft) started the first carpooling site. I used it many times to offer rides to Tahoe. Uber started their service with black cars. Later Sidecar started the first service to allow non taxi/black car drivers the ability to drive their car and pick up passengers.