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Uber (Founded March 2009[1]) created ride sharing in SF before Lyft (Founded: June 2012[2]). Uber just started with commercially licensed Black Car drivers and
by joeblau 8y ago
Uber (Founded March 2009[1]) created ride sharing in SF before Lyft (Founded: June 2012[2]). Uber just started with commercially licensed Black Car drivers and Lyft started with anyone with a car and a drivers license. Then Uber moved down market with UberX and Lyft moved up market with Lux.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uber
[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyft
- deepakhj 8y agoZimride was founded in 2007.
- jessriedel 8y agoI think this is just a matter of semantics. Are you saying we should call a black-car hailing service "ride sharing" simply because you booked it with a smart phone app rather than calling a number? (Remember that Uber didn't even use a novel business relationship; there have long been dispatchers with a single phone number that distribute the rides to multiple independent black car agencies.) To me, the key change deserving a new term was allowing completely independent, non-professional drivers, and I think Lyft beat Uber to that. (Heck, some purists would say "ride sharing" should be reserved for cases where the driver doesn't make an wages, just reimbursement for costs.)
- deepakhj 8y agoSidecar beat both Lyft and Uber with people using their own cars. It launched in September 2011. Uber launched UberX in June 2012. Lyft launched in June 2012. Give Sidecar credit where it's due.
- jessriedel 8y agoI'm happy to, and in fact wasn't giving anyone credit for being first. I was just trying to point out that Lyft beat Uber.