Business TREND. Real Estate & Ride Share Join Forces

House flippers are paying ride share drivers to take pictures of property that is ripe for flipping.

What fees are being paid to ride share drivers?

  • $1,500 per referral
  • A certain % of the net profit on a successful flip

Wall Street Journal | Uber Drivers Seek Extra Cash Working for House Flippers

The Real Deal | Drive-by flipping: Companies hiring Uber drivers to spot homes ripe for sale

KCBS | The Unexpected Role Of Uber Drivers In The Real-Estate Industry

TRENDING. Capping EV Charging.

Tesla is moving to cap charging at 80% at its charging stations.

Why the 80% cap? 

  • reduce queues and wait times by 34%

Will it be all EV chargrs owned by Tesla? No, it will be at busy supercharger locations

How long will the cap last? 24 hours

Are there exceptions? Yes, for cars traveling long distances

Digital Trends | Tesla to cap charging at busy Supercharging stations at 80%

BUSINESS TREND. Car Ownership Subscription Service.

Transportation industry forecasters say Uber and Lyft will re-write the book for subscription transportation services and shared ownership

Why is shared ownership becoming a thing?

  • car ownership under the age of 25 is declining
  • people realize they can recover the cost of ownership when they aren’t using their car

Reuters | Uber and Lyft to turn the wheels on car ownership: industry experts 

 

4 Lessons from a State Backed High Speed Rail Project

4 lessons for future high speed rail projects from California’s state high speed rail project:

  • Financing First. Work it out. Get it in Line. Finalize it. Then Start
  • Politics. Win or Neutralize the political game.
    • Let the technical experts be in charge of the project narrative
  • Clearly Establish why the High Speed Rail is NECESSARY

Construction Dive | What future high-speed rail developers can learn from the California bullet train

Lege TREND. CAR Sharing Legislation. Its the NEW Ride Sharing Legislation.

State: Colorado

Legislation:  Peer-to-peer Motor Vehicle Sharing Program SB 19- 090 (2019 | CO) 

Insurance liability? Yes, insurance from the owner, driver, OR program. Butm if the program (app) holds the insurance the coverage has to be 3times.

What about insruance comapnies, can they deny to offer this coverage? Yes.

Denver Business Journal | New car-sharing regulations OK’d by Colorado legislators

Business TREND,. Sharing Economy + Trucking Industry. 3 Key points.

Who is the new kid on the blcok offering trucking services on a sharing economy? KeepTruckin Inc.,

What start up facts do I need to know?

  • 6 year old company from San Francisco
  • startup a valuation of $1.2 billion
  • it is the latest freight technology venture to surpass the $1 billion mark

The employees and locations:

  •  1,000 employees
  • 7offices in the U.S., Canada, Taiwan and Pakistan
  • customer base is:
    • operators with more than 250,000 trucks
    • equipped with KeepTruckin ELDs
    • 50,000-plus…

TREND. Largest Deployment of EV Fast Charging Stations. What you need to know:

Who: EV Go

How many fast charging stations: 14 battery storage systems at 11 fast charging stations
 

2 Industry reasons EVGo offers for their charging deploymnt:

  • cahrging stations will offer load balancing
  • charging stations will mitigate distribution grid upgrade costs,

Utility Dive | EVgo adding 14 battery storage systems to spur EV fast charger deployment

Legislation TREND begets Business TREND. Rideshare Adopts Safety Measures

In light of the influx of recent safety bills after a student was killed when she mistook a car for a ride share driver’s car, ride share companies are adopting safety measures.

What safety measures are ride sahre companies adopting in response?

  •  Uber is launching the Campus Safety Initiative
    • This reminds riders to check the license plate, make and model of the car, as well as the driver’s name and picture, before ever entering into a vehicle
  •  Uber is building out dedicated pickup zones…