Lyft se expande a nivel mundial: completada la adquisición de FREENOW

SAN FRANCISCO & HAMBURGO, Alemania--(BUSINESS WIRE)--jul. 31, 2025--

Lyft, Inc. (Nasdaq: LYFT) ha anunciado hoy el cierre de la adquisición de FREENOW, creando así una de las principales aplicaciones de multimovilidad a nivel mundial.

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La misión de Lyft es servir y conectar. Unidos por valores compartidos y un firme compromiso con el cliente, Lyft y FREENOW unen fuerzas para aprovechar la increíble oportunidad de duplicar el mercado actual de Lyft hasta alcanzar más de 300.000 millones de trayectos anuales.

"Cada conversación que he tenido con los taxistas que usan la aplicación de FREENOW y con los miembros del equipo de FREENOW me ha recordado por qué estamos uniendo fuerzas: para llevar lo mejor de cada compañía a la otra", afirmó David Risher, CEO de Lyft. "Esto no se trata solo de hacer crecer nuestro negocio, sino también servir y conectar a personas en todo el mundo".

"No solo vamos a mantener lo que hace especial a FREENOW - nuestras buenas relaciones en toda Europa - sino que además lo vamos a amplificar", comentó Thomas Zimmermann, CEO de FREENOW. "Con la plataforma y los recursos de Lyft podremos innovar más rápido y ofrecer una experiencia aún mejor a taxistas, pasajeros y aliados locales".

Qué está por venir para los usuarios

Qué está por venir para los taxistas

Qué está por venir para ambas compañías

Ambos equipos trabajarán juntos para integrar lo mejor de ambas compañías en el ecosistema global de Lyft. Todo esto estará impulsado por la misión de la compañía y su continuo compromiso con el cliente para beneficiar tanto a pasajeros como a taxistas.

Thomas Zimmermann, CEO de FREENOW, y su equipo directivo reportará a Jeremy Bird, EVP of Driver Experience en Lyft. Los directores generales de FREENOW en cada país continuarán liderando estratégicamente las operaciones en Irlanda, el Reino Unido, Alemania, Grecia, España, Italia, Polonia, Francia y Austria.

"A medida que nos expandimos internacionalmente, nuestro compromiso con el cliente no cambia. Esta es una de las claves que hizo que FREENOW encajara tan bien", afirmó Jeremy Bird, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo de Experiencia del Conductor de Lyft. "Nuestro enfoque de cara a la integración se centra en respetar lo que hace que FREENOW tenga éxito: un equipo con talento, las necesidades únicas de cada mercado local y las relaciones con los propietarios de flotas, los taxistas y los pasajeros de todo el continente. Al aprovechar y explotar estas fortalezas, estamos sentando las bases para un crecimiento sostenible a largo plazo y una mejor experiencia tanto para taxistas como para pasajeros".

Los equipos de Lyft y FREENOW comenzarán a trabajar juntos para lanzar nuevas funciones para pasajeros y conductores en todo el mundo.

La adquisición no afectará los resultados financieros del segundo trimestre de Lyft.

Nueva huella global

En total, Lyft ofrece servicios de transporte compartido y taxi en 11 países y casi 1.000 ciudades, y apoya operaciones de bicicletas eléctricas compartidas a través de Lyft Urban Solutions en 16 países y más de 86 ciudades. Desde abril de 2025:

Sobre Lyft

Ya sea para un trayecto diario o para un viaje que lo cambia todo, Lyft se guía por su misión: servir y conectar. Fundada en 2012, Lyft se ha convertido en una plataforma global de movilidad que ofrece viajes de coche compartido, taxis, vehículos de alquiler con conductor, coches compartidos, bicicletas y patinetes en América del Norte y Europa. Lyft opera en 11 países y en casi 1.000 ciudades, y su división Lyft Urban Solutions da soporte a sistemas de bicicletas compartidas en 16 países y más de 86 ciudades. Hoy en día, millones de conductores han elegido ganar dinero a través de miles de millones de trayectos, ayudando a crear un mundo más conectado, con transporte para todos.

FREENOW by Lyft es la aplicación de taxis líder en Europa, que ofrece una amplia gama de opciones de multimovilidad. A través de FREENOW, los pasajeros pueden acceder a diversos servicios de movilidad desde una sola app, incluyendo taxis, coches compartidos, alquiler de coches, patinetes eléctricos, bicicletas eléctricas, motos eléctricas y transporte público.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or Lyft's future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify forward looking statements because they contain words such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates,” “going to,” "could," "intends," "target," "projects," "contemplates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential" or "continue" or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern Lyft's expectations, strategy, priorities, plans or intentions. Forward-looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the acquisition of FREENOW including the expected benefits of the transaction, the timing of those benefits and the availability of the Lyft App in Europe, the addressable market of the combined company, the future operations of Lyft, FREENOW and plans and expectations for the combined company. Lyft’s expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize, and actual results in future periods are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, including risks related to the macroeconomic environment, risks and uncertainties related to the acquisition of FREENOW; failure to realize the expected benefits and synergies of the proposed transaction in the expected timeframes or at all; and changes in the regulatory environment that impact Lyft and FREENOW. The forward-looking statements contained in this release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in Lyft's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2025 that was filed with the SEC on May 9, 2025. The forward-looking statements in this release are based on information available to Lyft as of the date hereof, and Lyft disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law. This press release discusses “customers”. For rideshare, there are two customers in every car - the driver is Lyft’s customer, and the rider is the driver’s customer. We care about both.

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Lyft and FREENOW

FREENOW CEO Thomas Zimmermann and Lyft CEO David Risher

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The White House said its National Energy Dominance Council and the governors of several states, including Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia, want to try to compel PJM Interconnection to hold a power auction for tech companies to bid on contracts to build new power plants,

The Trump administration and governors will sign a statement of principles toward that end Friday. The plan was first reported by Bloomberg.

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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is expected to be at the White House, a person familiar with Shapiro’s plans said, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of the announcement. Shapiro, a Democrat, made his participation in Friday’s event contingent on including a provision to extend a limit on wholesale electricity price increases for the region’s consumers, the person said.

But the operator of the grid won't be there. “PJM was not invited. Therefore we would not attend,” said spokesperson Jeff Shields.

It was not immediately clear whether President Donald Trump would attend the event, which was not listed on his public schedule.

Trump and the governors are under pressure to insulate consumers and businesses alike from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers. Meanwhile, more Americans are falling behind on their electricity bills.

Consumer advocates say ratepayers in the mid-Atlantic electricity grid — which encompasses all or parts of 13 states stretching from New Jersey to Illinois, as well as Washington, D.C. — are already paying billions of dollars in higher bills to underwrite the cost to supply power to data centers, some of them built, some not.

However, they also say that the billions of dollars that consumers are paying isn’t resulting in the construction of new power plants necessary to meet the rising demand.

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Electricity costs were a key issue in last year's elections for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, a data center hotspot, and in Georgia, where Democrats ousted two Republican incumbents for seats on the state’s utility regulatory commission. Voters in New Jersey, Virginia, California and New York City all cited economic concerns as the top issue, as Democrats and Republicans gird for a debate over affordability in the intensifying midterm battle to control Congress.

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Meta's Stanton Springs Data Center is seen Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Newton County, East of Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)