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May 6, 2020 09:25 pm

Lyft says its ride-hailing business is down 70 percent because of COVID-19




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Lyft’s ride-hailing business is down 70 percent, year over year, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company’s chief executives said in an earnings call with investors Wednesday. The company’s ride volume hit a bottom in the second week of April, plummeting 75 percent year-over-year, and has since gradually risen in the final weeks of the month.


As the COVID-19 related shutdown continues with no clear end in sight, Lyft is projecting continued pain for its business. “We cannot predict the trajectory or timing of the eventual recovery,” CEO Logan Green said, “but it is clear that macro trends will continue to negatively impact our business.”


But Lyft’s earnings report for the first quarter of 2020 was slightly less grim than it’s...



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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/6/21249815/lyft-q1-earnings-coronavirus-rides-loss-layoffs

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