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Uber Technologies Inc.
FormerlyUberCab (2009–2011)
Company typePrivate
IndustryTransportation
FoundedMarch 2009; 15 years ago (2009-03)
FoundersTravis Kalanick
Garrett Camp
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
Area served
Worldwide, 785 metropolitan areas
Key people
Ronald Sugar (Chairman)
Dara Khosrowshahi (CEO)

Nelson Chai (CFO)
Barney Harford (COO)

Manik Gupta (CPO)
Thuan Pham (CTO)
ProductsMobile app, website
ServicesVehicle for hire
Delivery (commerce)
RevenueIncrease US$ 7.5 billion (2017)
−1,832,000,000 United States dollar (2022) Edit this on Wikidata
Decrease US$ -4.5 billion (2017)
Number of employees
16,000 worldwide, including 9,382 in the United States (December 2017)
SubsidiariesUber Eats
Jump Bikes
Footnotes / references
[1][2][3]
Uber logo used until September 2018
An Uber driver in Bogotá, Colombia with the Uber app on a dashboard-mounted smartphone
Yellow Uber car in Moscow

Uber is a transportation network company (TNC) headquartered in San Francisco, California. Uber offers services including peer-to-peer ridesharing, taxi cab hailing, food delivery, and a bicycle-sharing system. The company has operations in 785 metropolitan areas worldwide.[1] Its platforms can be accessed via its websites and mobile apps. Uber has been so prominent in the sharing economy that the changes in industries as a result of it have been referred to as Uberisation[4][5][6] and many startups have described their products as "Uber for X".[7][8][9]

The name "Uber" is a reference to the common (and somewhat colloquial) word Template:Wikteng, meaning "topmost" or "super", and having its origins in the German word über, cognate with over, meaning "above".[10]

Uber is estimated to have 100 million worldwide users[11] and a 69% market share in the United States.[12]

Uber is a gold member of the Linux Foundation[13] and has a five star privacy rating from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.[14]

Most jurisdictions regulate TNCs such as Uber and TNCs are banned from operating in some jurisdictions. For more information, see Legality of TNCs by jurisdiction.

Product overview

Riding with Uber

The Uber app gives riders a quote for the fare before they commit to the ride.[15] Uber uses a dynamic pricing model; prices for the same route vary based on the supply and demand for rides at the time the ride is requested.[16] At the end of the ride, payment is made based on the rider's pre-selected preferences, which could be a credit card on file, Google Pay, Apple Pay, cash, or, in India, Airtel mobile wallet[17] or Unified Payments Interface.[18] After the ride is over, the rider is given the option to provide a gratuity to the driver, which is also billed to the rider's payment method.[19] In some locations, if the driver has to wait more than a few minutes after arriving to the pickup location, riders are charged a wait time fee.[20]

Levels of service

UberX, the basic level of service, provides a private ride in a standard car with driver for up to four passengers. Rider service levels, many of which are only available in certain cities, include:[21]

  • UberASSIST provides additional assistance to senior citizens and passengers with a physical disability, but cannot transport a non-folding wheelchair (see UberWAV for wheelchair-accessible vehicles).
  • UberAUTO, available in India and Pakistan, provides transportation by auto rickshaw.[22][23]
  • UberBike is a dockless bicycle-sharing system that allows users to rent electric bicycles via Uber subsidiary Jump Bikes in 9 metropolitan areas in the United States including San Francisco and Washington, D.C.[24][25] Uber users are also able to rent Lime scooters in 46 cities via the Uber mobile app.[26]
  • UberBLACK provides a black luxury vehicle.
  • UberBOAT, a water-taxi service, provides speedboats in the summer to/from points on the coast of Croatia.[27] UberBOAT has also offered transport across Biscayne Bay during Miami Art Week[28][29] and across the Bosporus strait in Istanbul in the summer.[30]
  • UberChapchap, available in Nairobi, Kenya is a low-cost service offering transport via a Suzuki Alto, a kei car. "Chapchap" means "faster" in the Swahili language.[31]
  • uberESPAÑOL is a version of UberX (see below) that allows Spanish-speaking riders to request Spanish-speaking drivers.[32]
  • UberFLASH, available in Singapore, is a service that combines both private cars and ComfortDelGro taxis.[33]
  • UberGO, available in India, provides for a ride in a hatchback.[34]
  • UberHealth is a HIPAA-compliant method for health professionals to arrange rides for patients to-and-from their appointments. Patients without smartphones can receive pickup information via Text messaging or via the health professional's office.[35]
  • UberKIDS provides a car with a child safety seat for an additional charge.[36]
  • UberMOTO, available in India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and the Dominican Republic, provides transportation by motorcycle.[37][38][39][40]
  • UberPETS includes pet transport for an additional charge. Must be accompanied by pet's handler. Persons with a service animal may use any type of Uber service, as required by law.
  • UberPOOL, available for up to two people per party, provides a ride that is possibly shared with other riders going in the same general direction. Unless the rider pays an additional fee for door-to-door service, the rider(s) are required to walk a short distance at both ends of the ride to save time for the driver and other riders. The pickup/drop-off locations are indicated via a map in the mobile app.
  • UberPOP provides a compact or subcompact car.
  • Uber Rent, powered by Getaround, is a peer-to-peer carsharing service available in San Francisco.[41]
  • UberSELECT provides a car with a leather interior.
  • UberSUV provides a sport utility vehicle.
  • UberTAXI allows users to summon a taxi using the Uber software application.[42] Users pay an additional booking fee and can leave a gratuity through the app.[42] The service was implemented to appease taxi drivers who protested the increased competition from Uber.[42]
  • UberX provides a private ride in a standard car for up to 4 passengers.
  • UberXL provides a ride in a large vehicle that can seat up to 6 passengers.
  • UberWAV provides a wheelchair accessible vehicle.[43]

Services under development

  • UberAIR / UberElevate will provide short flights using VTOL aircraft. Demonstration flights are projected to start in 2020 in Dallas and Los Angeles. Commercial operations are projected to begin in 2023.[44] Although technically feasible, the program is expected to encounter safety and regulatory obstacles.[45]

Promotional limited services

DeLorean "time machine" provided by Uber

Uber has also operated promotional limited services, such as rides of up to 15 minutes each on September 6–8, 2013 in San Francisco in the DeLorean DMC-12 car that was featured in the Back to the Future film franchise.[46]

Driving with Uber

Most Uber drivers use their own cars although drivers can rent or lease a car to drive with Uber.[47][48][49] Uber offers car rental or leasing via Getaround, Hertz, and Fair[50] and Uber and BYD Auto have a partnership to provide leasing of electric cars to Uber drivers in Chicago and New York City.[51]

Drivers must meet requirements for age, health, car age and type, have a driver's license and a smartphone or tablet, and must pass a background check.[48] In many cities, vehicles used by Uber drivers must pass annual safety inspections and/or must have an Uber emblem posted in the passenger window. Some cities also require Uber drivers to have a business license.[52]

Uber drivers are considered independent contractors and not employees, though this has been the subject of lawsuits in several jurisdictions; see Uber#Criticism.

Before drivers accept a ride, the app tells them if the ride will take more than 45 minutes.[53]

Uber has invested significantly in mapping technology.[54]

The Uber driver app includes accommodations for hearing-impaired drivers.[55][56]

Drivers in the United States who open a checking account at GoBank by Green Dot receive a debit card that provides cash back for purchases at Exxon, Walmart, Sprint, Jiffy Lube, and Advance Auto Parts.[57]

To verify identity and prevent drivers' accounts from being compromised, a mechanism called "Real-Time ID Check" requires some drivers to occasionally take selfies when logging on to Uber.[58][59]

Rating scores

After each journey, the users and drivers must both rate each other on a scale of 1 to 5 stars. Riders and drivers who have low ratings can be deactivated.[60][61]

Other products and services

History

Further information: Timeline of Uber
Travis Kalanick, former CEO of Uber, in 2013

Uber was founded in 2009 as UberCab by Garrett Camp, a computer programmer and the co-founder of StumbleUpon, and Travis Kalanick, who had sold his Red Swoosh startup for $19 million in 2007.[66][67]

On New Year's Eve, after Camp and his friends spent $800 hiring a private driver, Camp wanted to find a way to reduce the cost of direct transportation. He realized that sharing the cost with people could make it affordable, and his idea morphed into Uber. Kalanick joined Camp and gives him "full credit for the idea" of Uber.[68] The first prototype was built by Camp and his friends, Oscar Salazar and Conrad Whelan, with Kalanick being brought on as a "mega advisor" to the company.[68]

Following a beta launch in May 2010, Uber's services and mobile app officially launched in San Francisco in 2011.[69][70] Originally, the application only allowed users to hail a black luxury car and the price was 1.5 times that of a taxi.[71]

In February 2010, Ryan Graves became the first Uber employee, getting the job by responding to a tweet from Kalanick announcing the job opening, and receiving 5–10% of the company. Graves started out as general manager and shortly after the launch was named as CEO.[68] After ten months Kalanick succeeded Graves as CEO in December 2010.[68][69][72][73] Graves stepped down to become the company's COO.[74]

In 2011, the company changed its name from UberCab to Uber after complaints from San Francisco taxi operators.[75]

The company's early hires included a nuclear physicist, a computational neuroscientist, and a machinery expert who worked on predicting demand for private hire car drivers and where demand is highest.[66][76] In April 2012, in Chicago, Uber launched a service where users were able to request a regular taxi or an Uber driver via its mobile app.[77][78]

UberX

In July 2012, the company introduced UberX, a service option that lets people drive for Uber using non-luxury vehicles, subject to a background check, registration requirement, and car standards.[79] At first, rates were similar to those of taxis and were 35% cheaper than UberBLACK.[80] By early 2013, the service was operating in 35 cities.[81] Uber allowed drivers to use their personal vehicles as part of UberX starting in April 2013.[82] Rates were quickly lowered, which caused some dissatisfaction among UberBLACK and taxi drivers, whose earnings decreased as a result of the increased competition at lower rates.[83]

UberPOOL

In August 2014, after beta testing in the San Francisco Bay Area, Uber launched UberPOOL, a carpooling service.[84][85] The service was launched in Paris in November 2014,[86] New York City in December 2014,[87] China in August 2015, [88] Washington, D.C. in October 2015,[89] London in December 2015,[90] the suburbs of Boston in January 2016,[91] Hyderabad, Kolkata Mumbai, and Singapore in June 2016,[92][93] Delaware in September 2016,[94] Brampton and Scarborough, Toronto in April 2017,[95] Nashville in December 2017,[96] Sydney in April 2018,[97] and Melbourne in June 2018.[98]

Self-driving car research

Uber autonomous vehicle Volvo XC90 in San Francisco

In early 2015, the company hired many researchers from the robotics department of Carnegie Mellon University and established Uber's Advanced Technologies Center in the Strip District, Pittsburgh to develop self-driving cars.[99][100][101]

On September 14, 2016, Uber launched its first self-driving car services to select customers in Pittsburgh, including Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto, using a fleet of Ford Fusion cars each equipped with 20 cameras, seven lasers, GPS, lidar, and radar equipment that enabled the car to create a three-dimensional map utilizing landmarks and other contextual information to keep track of its position.[102][103][104]

On December 14, 2016, Uber began using self-driving Volvo XC90 SUVs in its hometown of San Francisco.[105] On December 21, 2016, the California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the registration of the 16 vehicles Uber was using for the test and forced the program to cease operations in California.[106][107][108] Uber then moved the program to Arizona, where the cars were able to pick up passengers, albeit with two Uber engineers in the front seats as a safety precaution.[109] In March 2017, an Uber self-driving car was flipped on its side by a vehicle that failed to yield.[110] In October 2017, Uber started using only 1 test driver despite some employees' safety concerns.[111]

In November 2017, Uber announced a non-binding plan to buy up to 24,000 Volvo XC90 SUV vehicles designed to accept autonomous technology (including a different type of steering and braking mechanism and sensors) between 2019 and 2021.[112][113]

In March 2018, the death of Elaine Herzberg by an Uber self-driving vehicle in Tempe, Arizona resulted in temporary pause to Uber's self driving vehicle testing.[114] According to police, the woman was run down by the Uber vehicle while attempting to cross the street, while the person in the vehicle was watching videos on her phone.[114] Uber pulled its self-driving cars off all public roads and quickly reached a settlement with the victim's family.[115][116] There was disagreement among local authorities as to whether or not the car or the victim was at fault.[117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124] In December 2018, after receiving local approval, Uber restarted testing of its self driving cars, only during daylight hours and at slower speeds, in Pittsburgh[125][126] and Toronto.[127]

Cancellation of research on autonomous trucks

After spending $925 million to develop autonomous trucks, Uber cancelled its self-driving truck program in July 2018.[64] Uber acquired Otto for $625 million in 2016.[128][129] According to a February 2017 lawsuit filed by Waymo, owned by an affiliate of Google, ex-Google employee Anthony Levandowski allegedly "downloaded 9.7 GB of Waymo's highly confidential files and trade secrets, including blueprints, design files and testing documentation" before resigning to found Otto, which was purchased by Uber.[130][131] A ruling in May 2017 required Uber to return documents to Waymo.[132] The trial began February 5, 2018.[133] A settlement was announced on February 8, 2018 in which Uber gave Waymo $244 million in Uber equity and agreed not to infringe on Waymo's intellectual property.[134][135]

Uber Eats

Main article: Uber Eats

In August 2014, Uber launched UberEATS, a food delivery service.[136][137]

Funding

In total, Uber has raised $22 billion from 18 rounds of venture capital and private equity investors.[138]

The founders invested $200,000 in seed money upon conception in 2009.[139] In 2010, Uber raised $1.25 million in additional funding.[139][140] By the end of 2011, Uber had raised $44.5 million in funding.[141][142] In 2013, Google Ventures invested $258 million in the company based on a $3.4 billion pre-money valuation.[143][144] In December 2014, Chinese search engine Baidu made an investment in Uber of an undisclosed amount.[145] The deal also involved connecting Uber with Baidu's mapping apps.[145][146] In January 2015, Uber raised $1.6 billion in convertible debt.[147] In May 2015, Uber revealed plans to raise between $1.5 billion and $2 billion in new funding, raising the value of the company to $50 billion or higher.[148] In September 2015, Uber raised another $1.2 billion, led by another investment by Baidu.[149]

In 2016, Toyota made an undisclosed investment in Uber and looked into leasing options, which could potentially aid Uber drivers financially, a move in response to the other partnerships between Toyota's and Uber's counterparts.[150][151] In June 2016, with plans to expand in the Middle East, Uber received $3.5 billion from the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.[152] In July that same year, Uber raised $1.15 billion in debt financing.[153]

In August 2016, after facing tough competition in China, Uber sold its operations in China to DiDi, in exchange for an 18% stake in Didi.[154] Didi also agreed to invest $1 billion into Uber Global.[155] Uber had started operations in China in 2014, under the name 优步 (yōubù).[156]

In January 2018, the company raised $1.25 billion in cash from an investor group including SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group, and Sequoia Capital. The financing valued the company at $48 billion.[157]

In February 2018, Uber combined its operations in Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia and Kazakhstan with those of Yandex.Taxi and invested $225 million in the venture.[158]

In March 2018, Uber merged its services in Southeast Asia with those of Grab in exchange for a 27.5% ownership stake in Grab.[159][160][161]

On August 27, 2018, Toyota announced a partnership with Uber to bring an on-demand autonomous ride-hailing service to market, a deal that included a $500 million investment from Toyota in Uber at a $72 billion valuation.[162]

Filing for initial public offering

On December 8, 2018, Uber filed for an initial public offering; the company could be valued as high as $120 billion.[163][164][165][166]

Profitability

In 2014, Uber reported a loss of $671 million[167] on $495.3 million of revenue.[168]

In 2015, Uber's revenue grew to an estimated $1.5 billion.[169]

In 2016, Uber reported a $2.8 billion loss.[170]

In 2017, losses grew 60% to $4.5 billion.[171]

In the first quarter of 2018, Uber's loss, excluding the profit from the sale of its operations in Southeast Asia to Grab, was $577 million.[172]

In the second quarter of 2018, Uber's net loss was $891 million.[173]

In the third quarter of 2018, revenue increased to $2.95 billion, net losses increased to $932 million; EBITDA was $527 million.[2]

Management

Communications and policy executives

Bradley Tusk, a former campaign manager for Michael Bloomberg, played a significant role in advising Uber on New York City regulations. Instead of taking a $25,000 per month fee, Tusk received Uber stock as compensation, which is now worth over $100 million.[174]

From September 2014 to May 2015, Uber used the services of David Plouffe.[175]

In May 2015, Rachel Whetstone became the senior vice president of policy and communications. In April 2017, Whetstone left and was replaced with Jill Hazelbaker.[176]

CFO

On August 21, 2018, Uber announced the hire of Nelson Chai as chief financial officer.[177][178]

CPO

In November 2018, Uber hired Manik Gupta as chief product officer.[179]

Employee diversity

In April 2018, men accounted for 62.0% of overall company employment, 51.4% of support staff, and 82.1% of technology-related employment. In the United States, White people made up 48.6% of the overall employment base and Asian people account for 32.3%. However, for technology-related jobs, White people were 46.3% of employees, while Asian people accounted for 44.7% of employment.[180]

Criticism

See also: Sharing economy § Criticism, and Temporary work § Legal issues
Airports in California, such as the San Francisco International Airport, regulate where TNC (Transportation Network Companies - the legal term for rideshare companies in California) vehicles may pick up, drop off, or wait for passengers.

Criticism from taxi companies and taxi drivers

Values of taxi medallions, transferable permits or licenses authorizing the holder to pick up passengers for hire, have declined in value significantly. In 2018, this led to failures by credit unions that lent money secured by taxi medallions[181] and suicides by taxi drivers.[182][183]

No lawsuit against Uber in which the plaintiffs were taxi companies has ended with a judgment in favor of the taxis. The only case that proceeded to trial, Anoush Cab, Inc. v. Uber Technologies, Inc., No. 19-2001 (1st Cir. 2021), which alleged that Uber caused asset devaluation by competing unfairly, resulted in a full verdict for Uber.[184]

Flywheel, the largest operator of taxis in San Francisco, sued Uber in 2016, alleging antitrust violations and predatory pricing.[185] In 2021, a federal judge threw out the bulk of the case and Uber settled the remainder of the case by integrating Flywheel taxis into its mobile app.[186]

In 2019, 8,000 taxi drivers, represented by law firm Maurice Blackburn, filed a class action lawsuit against Uber in Australia alleging illegal taxi operations, loss of income and loss of value of taxi and/or hire car licences. Uber agreed to settle the case by paying AU$271.8 million.[187]

Driver classification under employment law

Unless otherwise required by law, ridesharing companies have classified drivers as independent contractors and not employees under employment law, arguing that they receive flextime not generally received by employees. This classification has been challenged legally since it affects taxation, minimum wage requirements, working time, paid time off, employee benefits, unemployment benefits, and overtime benefits.[188]

Jurisdictions in which drivers must receive the classification of "employees" include the United Kingdom (after the case of Aslam v Uber BV which was decided by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom),[189][190] Switzerland,[191] New Jersey,[192] and the Netherlands.[193][194] California Assembly Bill 5 (2019) was passed to force drivers to be classified as employees in California, although ridesharing companies received an exemption by 2020 California Proposition 22, a ballot initiative.[195] Ridesharing companies spent tens of millions of dollars on the campaign.[196][197]

In some jurisdictions, laws were passed to guarantee drivers a minimum wage before and after expenses as well as paid time off and insurance benefits.[198][199] Uber has paid to settle accusations of having misled drivers about potential earnings[200][201][202] and shortchanging drivers.[203][204][205][206]

Price fixing allegations

In the United States, drivers do not have any control over the fares they charge. A lawsuit filed in California, Gill et al. v. Uber Technologies, Inc. et al., alleged that this is a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. The lawsuit was denied class action status; a judge forced each plaintiff to go to arbitration individually. The case was dropped in March 2024.[207][208]

Safety issues

Crimes have been committed by rideshare drivers[209] as well as by individuals posing as rideshare drivers who lure unsuspecting passengers to their vehicles by placing an emblem on their car or by claiming to be a passenger's expected driver.[210] The latter led to the murder of Samantha Josephson and the introduction of Sami’s Law. Ridesharing companies have been accused of not taking necessary measures to prevent sexual assault.[211][212] They have been fined by government agencies for violations in their background check processes.[213][214][215]The 2016 Kalamazoo shootings in February 2016, which left six people dead in Kalamazoo, Michigan, were committed by an Uber driver. Although Uber was criticized for its background check process, the driver did not have a criminal record, and the background check did not cause alarm.[216]

Because it increases the number of people riding in automobiles instead of safer forms of transportation, a study from the Becker Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago tied ridesharing to an increase in traffic fatalities, including pedestrian deaths.[217][218]

Studies have found that the presence of ridesharing companies in a city reduced the rate of drinking and driving crashes.[219] Researchers have also found substantial decreases in both DUI arrests and motor vehicle injuries in Houston after Uber entered the market in 2014.[220]

In November 2017, after discovering that 57 drivers in the state had violations in their background checks, including a convicted felon that received permission to drive for Uber by using an alias, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission fined Uber $8.9 million, or $2,500 per day that an unqualified driver worked.[221]

In September 2017, Uber's application for a new license in London was rejected by Transport for London (TfL) because of the company's approach and past conduct showed a lack of corporate responsibility related to driver background checks, obtaining medical certificates and reporting serious criminal offences, and other issues regarding insurance and safety, including evidence that Uber driver accounts had been used by unauthorized drivers. After appealing the ruling, Uber was granted a license under certain conditions.[222]

Ridesharing has also been criticized for encouraging or requiring phone use while driving. To accept a fare, some apps require drivers to tap their phone screen, usually within 15 seconds after receiving a notification, which is illegal in some jurisdictions since it could result in distracted driving.[223]

Ridesharing vehicles in many cities routinely obstruct bicycle lanes while picking up or dropping off passengers, a practice that endangers cyclists.[224][225][226]

Insufficient accessibility

Ridesharing has been criticized for providing inadequate accessibility measures for disabled people, in violation of local laws.

In some areas, vehicle for hire companies are required by law to have a certain amount of wheelchair accessible vans (WAVs) in use. However, most drivers do not own a WAV, making it hard to comply with the laws.[227]

While ridesharing companies require drivers to transport service animals, drivers have been criticized for refusal to transport service animals, which, in the United States, is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. In 2021, an arbitrator awarded $1.1 million to a visually impaired passenger who travels with a guide dog because she was denied rides 14 separate times.[228]

Bias against passengers in certain demographic groups

Complaints that drivers have not accepted ride requests from passengers in certain demographic groups has led some ridesharing companies to hide passenger identities until the ride request is accepted by the driver. A 2018 study in Washington, D.C. found that drivers cancelled ride requests from African Americans and LGBT and straight ally passengers (indicated by a rainbow flag) more often, but cancelled at the same rate for women and men. The higher cancellation rate for African American passengers was somewhat attenuated at peak times, when financial incentives were higher.[229][230]

Traffic congestion

Studies have shown that especially in cities where it competes with public transport, ridesharing contributes to traffic congestion, reduces public transport use, has no substantial impact on vehicle ownership, and increases automobile dependency.[231][232][233][234]

Dead mileage specifically causes unnecessary carbon emissions and traffic congestion.[235] A study published in September 2019 found that taxis had lower rider waiting time and vehicle empty driving time, and thus contribute less to congestion and pollution in downtown areas.[236] However, a 2018 report noted that ridesharing complements public transit.[237] A study published in July 2018 found that Uber and Lyft are creating more traffic and congestion.[238][239][240] A study published in March 2016 found that in Los Angeles and Seattle the passenger occupancy for Uber services is higher than that of taxi services, and concluded that Uber rides reduce congestion on the premise that they replace taxi rides.[241] Studies citing data from 2010 to 2019 found that Uber rides are made in addition to taxi rides, and replace walking, bike rides, and bus rides, in addition to the Uber vehicles having a low average occupancy rate, all of which increases congestion. This increase in congestion has led some cities to levy taxes on rides taken with ridesharing companies.[242] Another study shows that the surge factor pricing mechanism used for ridehailing services are informative for predicting taxi bookings as well, and that taxis incorporating this relative price can improve allocative efficiency and demand prediction.[243]

A study published in July 2017 indicated that the increase in traffic caused by Uber generates collective costs in lost time in congestion, increased pollution, and increased accident risks that can exceed the economy and revenue generated by the service, indicating that, in certain conditions, Uber might have a social cost that is greater than its benefits.[244]

Misleading drivers of potential earnings

In January 2017, Uber agreed to pay $20 million to the US government to resolve accusations by the Federal Trade Commission of having misled drivers about potential earnings.[245][246][247]

Alleged short-changing of drivers

In 2017, lawyers for drivers filed a class action lawsuit that alleged that Uber did not provide drivers with the 20% of collections they were entitled to.[248]

In May 2017, after the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in New York, Uber admitted to underpaying New York City drivers tens of millions of dollars over 2.5 years by calculating driver commissions on a net amount. Uber agreed to pay the amounts owed plus interest.[249]

Driver refusal to transport a service animal

In March 2018, a lawsuit filed against Uber in the United States accused the company's drivers of not serving a woman with cerebral palsy due to her service dog, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Human Resources Code.[250][251]

Criticism for collecting fares during a taxi strike

In late January 2017, Uber was targeted by GrabYourWallet for collecting fares during a taxi strike in New York City in protest of Trump travel ban Executive Order 13769.[252] The Order had triggered a taxi strike in New York City, to which Uber responded by removing surge pricing from JFK airport, where Muslim refugees had been detained upon entry. Uber was also targeted because then-CEO Travis Kalanick joined an Economic Advisory Council with Donald Trump.[253] A social media campaign known as #deleteuber was formed in protest, resulting in approximately 200,000 users deleting the app.[254] Uber added user account deletion to meet the resulting surge in requests.[255] Statements were e-mailed to former users who had deleted their accounts, asserting that the company would assist refugees, and that CEO Kalanick joining the Council was not an endorsement of President Trump.[256] On February 2, 2017, Kalanick resigned from the business advisory council.[257]

Aggressive strategy for dealing with regulators

When Uber was led by Travis Kalanick, Uber took an aggressive strategy in dealing with obstacles, including regulators. In 2014, Kalanick said "You have to have what I call principled confrontation." Uber's strategy was generally to commence operations in a city, then, if it faced regulatory opposition, Uber mobilized public support for its service and mounted a political campaign, supported by lobbyists, to change regulations.[258][259][260]

In 2014, while in the midst of a regulatory battle, Portland, Oregon's transportation commissioner called Uber management "a bunch of thugs".[261]

In June 2014, Uber distributed to its riders the personal contact information of a commissioner in Virginia who opposed the company and told riders to flood his inbox with complaints.[262][263]

In November 2017, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi dropped the "win at all costs" strategy and implemented new values for the company, including "we do the right thing".[264]

Alleged cancellation of ride requests to disrupt competitors

Uber issued an apology on January 24, 2014, after documents were leaked to Valleywag and TechCrunch saying that, earlier in the month, Uber employees in New York City deliberately ordered rides from Gett, a competitor, only to cancel them later. The purpose of the fake orders was two-fold: wasting drivers' time to obstruct legitimate customers from securing a car, and offering drivers incentives—including cash—to join Uber.[265]

Operation SLOG plan to disrupt Lyft

Following Lyft's expansion into New York City in July 2014, Uber, with the assistance of TargetCW, a San Diego, California-based employment agency, sent emails offering a "huge commission opportunity" to several contractors based on the "personal hustle" of the participants. Those who responded to the solicitation were offered a meeting with Uber marketing managers who attempted to create a "street team" to gather intelligence about Lyft's launch plans in New York City and recruit their drivers to Uber. Recruits were given 2 Uber-branded iPhones (one a backup in case the person was identified by Lyft) and a series of valid credit card numbers to create dummy Lyft accounts. Participants were also required to sign non-disclosure agreements.[266][267]

In August 2014, Lyft reported that 177 Uber employees had ordered and canceled approximately 5,560 Lyft rides since October 2013, and that it had found links to Uber recruiters by cross-referencing the phone numbers involved. The report identified one Lyft passenger who canceled 300 rides from May 26 to June 10, 2014, and who was identified as an Uber recruiter by 7 different Lyft drivers. Uber did not apologize, but suggested that the recruitment attempts were possibly independent parties trying to make money.[268][269]

Evasion of law enforcement operations

Greyball

Uber developed an internal software tool called Greyball, which uses data collected from the Uber mobile app other means, to avoid giving rides to certain individuals. The tool was used starting in 2014. By showing "ghost cars" driven by fake drivers to the targeted individuals in the Uber mobile app, and by giving real drivers a means to cancel rides requested by those individuals, Uber was able to avoid giving rides to known law enforcement officers in areas where its service is illegal. Investigative journalism by The New York Times and the resulting report, published on March 3, 2017, made public Uber's use of Greyball since 2014, describing it as a way to evade city code enforcement officials in Portland, Oregon, Australia, South Korea, and China.[270] At first, in response to the report, Uber stated that Greyball was designed to deny rides to users who violate Uber's terms of service, including those involved in sting operations.[270][271] According to Uber, Greyball can "hide the standard city app view for individual riders, enabling Uber to show that same rider a different version". Uber reportedly used Greyball to identify government officials through factors such as whether a user frequently opens the app near government offices, a review of social media profiles by Uber employees to identify law enforcement personnel, and the credit cards associated with the Uber account.[270]

On March 6, 2017, the City of Portland, Oregon announced an investigation into whether Uber had used its Greyball software tool to obstruct the enforcement of city regulations.[272] The investigation by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) found that: "Uber used Greyball software to intentionally evade PBOT’s officers from December 5 to December 19, 2014 and deny 29 separate ride requests by PBOT enforcement officers."[273]}} Following the release of the audit, Portland's commissioner of police suggested that the city subpoena Uber to force the company to turn over information on how Uber used software to evade regulatory officials.[274]

On March 8, 2017, Uber admitted that it had used Greyball to thwart government regulators and pledged to stop using the service for that purpose.[275][276]

In May 2017, the United States Department of Justice opened a criminal investigation into Uber's use of Greyball to avoid local law enforcement operations.[277]

Ripley

After a police raid in Uber's Brussels office, a January 2018 report by Bloomberg News stated that "Uber routinely used Ripley to thwart police raids in foreign countries."[278] Developed as a type of secret "panic button" system, initially called "unexpected visitor protocol", then nicknamed "Ripley", to disrupt government raids on Uber's offices by locking, shutting off, and changing passwords on staff computers upon a raid; Uber likely used this button at least 24 times, from spring 2015 until late 2016.[279][280]

User privacy and data breaches

God view

On November 19, 2014, then U.S. Senator Al Franken, Chairman of the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, sent a letter to Kalanick regarding user privacy.[281][282][283] Concerns were raised about internal misuse of the company's data, in particular the ability of Uber staff to track the movements of its customers, known as "God View". In 2011, a venture capitalist disclosed that Uber staff members were using the function to track journalists and politicians as well as using the feature recreationally. Staff members viewed being tracked by Uber as a positive reflection on the subject's character.[284] An Uber job interviewee said that he was given unrestricted access to Uber's customer tracking function as part of the interview process, and that he retained that access for several hours after the interview ended.[285]

Data breaches

On February 27, 2015, Uber admitted that it had suffered a data breach more than 9 months earlier. Names and license plate information of approximately 50,000 drivers were inadvertently disclosed.[286] Uber discovered this leak in September 2014 but waited more than 5 months to notify the affected people.[287]

An announcement in November 2017 revealed that in 2016, a separate data breach disclosed personal information on 600,000 drivers and 57 million customers—including names, email addresses, phone numbers, and driving license information. Using employees' usernames and passwords that had been compromised in previous breaches (a "credential stuffing" method), attackers gained access to a private Github repository used by Uber developers. The hackers subsequently located credentials for the company's Amazon Web Services datastore in the repository files, and were therefore able to obtain access to the account records of users and drivers, as well as other data contained in over 100 Amazon S3 buckets. Uber paid a $100,000 ransom to the hackers on the promise they would delete the stolen data.[288][289] The company was subsequently criticized for concealing the loss of data.[290] CEO Dara Khosrowshahi apologized.[291][292] Uber's British divisions were fined £385,000 (reduced to £308,000) by the Information Commissioner's Office.[293]

In September 2018, Uber settled with the Federal Trade Commission for $148 million and admitted that its claim that internal access to consumers' personal information was closely monitored on an ongoing basis was false. Uber also stated that it had failed to live up to its promise to provide reasonable security for consumer data.[294][295] It was the largest multi-state settlement related to a data breach.[296]

Safety concerns

It is unclear if Uber is less or more safe than taxicabs, as major cities don't have much data on taxi-related incidents.[297]

Allegations of inadequate background checks and vetting of drivers

Concerns regarding Uber's background checks were raised after reports of sexual abuse of passengers by Uber drivers.

In February 2016, Uber was criticized following the 2016 Kalamazoo shootings, a shooting spree in Kalamazoo, Michigan that left six people dead and two wounded. It was committed by Jason Dalton, who was driving for Uber while conducting the shooting. During the ensuing seven-hour manhunt, authorities believe that Dalton continued to drive and accept fares. Uber was aware of issues with Dalton's driving skills, having received multiple complaints, though critics agree that Dalton would not have raised any red flags since he did not have a criminal record.[298]

In November 2017, The Colorado Public Utilities Commission fined Uber $8.9 million after discovering that 57 drivers in the state had violations in their background checks. The fine amount equaled $2,500 per day that an unqualified driver worked.[299]

Sexual harassment allegations and management shakeup (2017)

On February 20, 2017, former Uber engineer Susan Fowler stated that she was subjected to sexual harassment by a manager and subsequently threatened with termination of employment by another manager if she continued to report the incident. Kalanick was reportedly aware of the harassment issues.[300][301]

CTO Thuan Pham was alleged to have had knowledge of and to ignore Susan Fowler's sexual harassment allegations; however, investigations by TheInformation and Buzzfeed showed this to not be the case, allowing Pham to keep his job.[302][303]

Uber hired former attorney general Eric Holder to investigate the claims.[304] Arianna Huffington, a member of Uber's board of directors, also oversaw the investigation.[305] Fowler likened Uber's culture to A Game of Thrones, in which rivals vie for the throne the same way Uber employees were encouraged to vie for power and aggression and betrayal was common.[306][307][308] On February 20, 2017, Kalanick led a meeting with employees that was described by the participants as honest and raw.[309]

On February 27, 2017, Amit Singhal, Uber's Senior Vice President of Engineering, was forced to resign after it came to light that he failed to disclose a sexual harassment claim against him that occurred while he was the Vice President of Google Search.[310][311][312][313][314]

On June 6, 2017, Uber announced that it fired over 20 employees as a result of the investigation.[315][316] On June 13, 2017, Kalanick took an indefinite leave of absence from Uber.[317][318] On June 20, 2017, after multiple shareholders reportedly demanded his resignation, Kalanick resigned as CEO.[319][320]

Scandals and departure of Emil Michael

At a private dinner in November 2014, Emil Michael, senior vice president of Uber, suggested that Uber hire a team of opposition researchers and journalists, with a million-dollar budget, to "dig up dirt" on the personal lives and backgrounds of media figures who reported negatively about Uber.[321] Specifically, he targeted Sarah Lacy, editor of PandoDaily, who, in an article published in October 2014, accused Uber of sexism and misogyny in its advertising.[322][323][324] Michael issued a public apology[325] and apologized to Lacy in a personal email, claiming that Uber would never actually undertake the plan.[326][327] Several journalists deleted their Uber apps.[328] After several additional scandals involving Emil Michael, including an escort-karaoke bar scandal in Seoul and the questioning of the medical records of a rape victim in India, he left the company in June 2017 when Kalanick, who reportedly was protecting Michael, resigned.[329]

Settlement with victims

In August 2018, Uber agreed to pay a total of $7 million to 480 workers to settle claims of gender discrimination, harassment and hostile work environment.[330]

Use of offshore companies to minimize tax liability

In November 2017, the Paradise Papers, a set of confidential electronic documents relating to offshore investment, revealed that Uber is one of many corporations that used an offshore company to minimize taxes.[331][332]

Awards

In 2013, USA Today named Uber its tech company of the year.[333]

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