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Uber told FOX Business it is considering taking further action to help the company’s drivers, who are feeling the pinch of higher gas prices and are reportedly contemplating quitting because of it.

Uber stock popped 6% during Tuesday's trading session as the ride-hailing giant is reportedly nearing a deal with Flywheel Technologies to add taxis to the Uber app in San Francisco.

The surprising shift, which comes as Uber has faced opposition from taxi groups for years, is part of a partnership with taxi-hailing apps Curb and Creative Mobile Technologies to offer more transportation options for riders and more trips for drivers.

The ride-share company's fuel surcharge takes effect this week and will last for at least the next 60 days, according to Lyft's announcement. The surcharge fees will go directly to the drivers.

Uber and Lyft drivers consider quitting over rising fuel costs.

Rideshare company Lyft has followed its competitor, Uber, in adding a fuel surcharge to customers due to soaring gas prices.

Uber Technologies Inc said on Friday U.S. customers, excluding New York City, will have to pay a fuel surcharge from March 16 as the ride-hailing firm tries to address concerns of drivers and couriers hit by record high gasoline prices.

Americans are rethinking their driving and spending habits as gas prices surge to record highs.

As part of its "free rides as the border" announcement, the company also said its offering free rides for staff at Migrant Welcome Centers. Uber will also deliver goods to nonprofit warehouses in Poland for free.

Uber has removed three executives from the board of Yandex, a Russian internet search engine, as more major western corporations distance themselves amid Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Federal investigators spent years hunting for clues in the 2016 hacking of the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange, when thieves stole bitcoin now worth $4.5 billion. In the end, what helped lead them to two suspects was something much more quotidian: a $500 Walmart gift card.

The agency's reminder came just after Uber capitalized on the big game to inform users that they now can order non-food items, like household supplies, through its delivery service.

Uber’s ride-hailing service edged closer to returning to its pre-pandemic levels during the final three months of last year, but its prospects remain clouded by the future direction of the novel coronavirus that has plagued its business.

Lyft Inc. said revenue increased 70% in the fourth quarter, as longer trips and higher fares offset weaker-than-expected ridership numbers

A Virginia man who became trapped in the winter storm traffic disaster that snarled Interstate 95 earlier this week says he made it home after nine hours – only to be slammed with a $600 Uber bill.

Uber shares climbed 5% Tuesday after the company's chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, revealed that the company had its "best week ever" last week in terms of overall gross bookings despite growing concerns about the spread of the coronavirus' omicron variant.

Lyft driver Lamont Liner thought he was picking up a regular fare in Chicago late last year. Instead, his passengers pulled out a pistol and stole his car and phone. He hasn’t returned to drive for the app since, even as ride-sharing companies have tried to tempt drivers with more money.

Detectives in Tampa are asking Uber to help solve a “grandparent scam” that conned $10,000 from a 75-year-old man who was told his granddaughter needed the money to get out of jail.

The Department of Justice sued Uber, claiming the company charged “wait time” fees to physically disabled customers who took more than two minutes to get into the vehicle.

Uber has added a shopping and delivery option that’ll help parents in a pinch.