Emva kokutyala imali engaphezulu kwe-1.000 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwinkampani yaseTshayina iDidi ChuXing, ebizwa ngokuba yi-Uber yaseTshayina, ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, kubonakala ngathi. inkampani esekwe eCupertino inomdla wokuthatha iLyft, olona khuphiswano luthe ngqo luka-Uber kwimarike yeeteksi zabucala. Ngokutsho kweThe New York Times, uLyft ubambe iintlanganiso ezininzi kunye neenkampani ezahlukeneyo ukuthethathethana malunga nokuthengiswa okunokwenzeka kwaye iApple iphakathi kwamaqela anomdla anokubakho. Ezinye iinkampani ezibonakalise umdla ngokwale ncwadi nguGoogle, General Motors, Amazon, Uber kunye noDidi Chuxing.
Kwezinye iimeko ibe zezinye iinkampani eziye zacela ukudibana neLyft ukuzama ukufikelela kwisivumelwano sokuthengisa, kodwa kubonakala ngathi ukuba ithengisiwe, inkampani Iivoti ezininzi ezinokuthi zithathe indawo ziya kuba nguGeneral Motors.
Uthethathethwano phakathi kweLyft kunye neGeneral Motors yenze inkqubela phambili enkulu, nangona ingazange yenze ngokusemthethweni nasiphi na isipho esibhaliweyo sokuthenga inkampani, njengoko kuxelwe ngabantu abanxulumene nothethathethwano, kwaye okwangoku iLyft ayikakwazi ukufumana nawuphi na umthengi. .ukuba uyamthanda.
I-Lyft okwangoku ayikhathazeki kwiingxaki zemali njengoko ine-cushion ye-1.400 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, ngoko ke inkampani inokuqhubeka nokusebenza ngokuzimeleyo kwaye ayifuni ukuthengwa nayiphi na inkampani, ubuncinci okwangoku.
Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kolu thethwano lixabiso lokuthengisa elibonakala liqwalaselwa yinkampani. NgoJanuwari ophelileyo, iLyft yayixabisa i-5.500 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Kunokwenzeka ukuba iLyft ithathele ingqalelo ukufumana ukuze ikwazi ukukhuphisana ngokuthe ngqo no-Uber. Ngaphandle kokusebenzisana no-Didi ChuXing ukuzama ukoyisa u-Uber, u-Uber uhlala enempembelelo ngakumbi phakathi kwabasebenzisi enkosi ngokuyinxalenye ekusebenziseni ngokulula kwesicelo sakhe.