The move is a key step by the company to begin carrying paying customers while its traditional car-selling business falters.

a few days before that happened Harris and Ezell used the Lyft application to schedule a ride and were picked up by the driver, identified only as “S.B.” in the driver’s 2023 Toyota Corolla.

Lyft’s partnership with DoorDash should drive more engagement on the application. Lyft’s core userbase growth and scale is significantly lower than Uber’s. As such, Lyft has a poor value ...