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For a few glorious weeks, Wall Street employees who were vaccinated against Covid-19 could ditch their masks at the office. That’s ending.

Self-driving rides with safety drivers will roll out this year in Miami by request and next year in Austin.

GM and Stellantis recently poached executives from several technology companies such as Amazon and Lyft as well as Chinese electric vehicle start-up Nio.

Starting Monday, consumers in Philadelphia, Chicago and Denver can book the option that allows passengers to split a car that’s going in the same direction.

If you’re looking for a ride home from Logan International Airport, it may cost you more than you’re expecting. Erin Devost couldn’t believe it. She had just landed at Logan Sunday evening and was just looking for a way to get home. “Hopped on my phone to catch an Uber, and I noticed the surge was huge,” Devost said....

If you’re looking for a ride home from Logan International Airport, it may cost you more than you’re expecting.

Rideshare rates are on the rise for people looking to get home from Logan Airport.

Elon Musk has talked up full self-driving for years, but missed many deadlines. Some are betting the big progress in autonomous vehicles: delivering pizza.

Rideshare companies are still struggling to bring drivers back to full speed, leading to longer wait times for customers and higher prices.

Shares of Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing giant, began trading Wednesday in its initial public offering.

Andreessen Horowitz is launching a multibillion-dollar fund to invest in a volatile ecosystem it’s betting will be as influential as the internet.

A new coalition of organized labor leaders, workers rights advocates and app-based drivers will rally at the State House at 10 a.m. Tuesday to launch its campaign pushing for gig economy businesses such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash to classify drivers as workers rather than independent contractors.

Munim Khan has been driving for Uber and Lyft for 10 years. “Right now we don’t have no benefits,” said Khan of West Roxbury. “If I get injured or killed, there’s no protections for me, there is no workers’ rights, there is no sick pay.” Khan is part of the new Coalition to Protect Workers’ Rights, which will launch...

The new Coalition to Protect Workers’ Rights will launch Tuesday with a press conference outside the Massachusetts State House.

Surge pricing is back in Massachusetts. Uber told NBC10 Boston that surge pricing has resumed now that the state of emergency is over. Lyft said its “Prime Time” pricing returned as well. It’s something rideshare driver Stephen Levine is counting on to make some money. Levine took nine months off the road during the pandemic because he was afraid...

The state of emergency could help with unusually long wait times for rideshares in Massachusetts.

With the pace of vaccinations slowing, states across the country are offering all kinds of incentives to encourage residents to get their shots. New England is no exception, with states facilitating programs like the Your Shot to Get Outdoors program in Maine and Connecticut’s Summer on On Us campaign. Many companies across the region are also offering freebies for...

Riders have been waiting around 10 or 20 minutes, sometimes even longer, for their Uber or Lyft to show up through most of the pandemic, but that could soon change.

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing on Thursday filed to go public in what could be one of the largest tech IPOs of this year.

Rideshare industry prices are surging as summer travel demand pushes things like airfare and car rental costs to new heights.