General Motors Co. and Lyft will expand the Express Drive program to California and Colorado, the captive announced yesterday.
The Lyft-exclusive Express Drive is a short-term vehicle access program that offers Lyft drivers access to GM vehicles, maintenance, and insurance. The cost to the driver varies depending on how many rides per week they give and vehicle model, according to Lyft’s website.
The program will launch in San Francisco this summer, and in Los Angeles and Denver by the fall, according to a press release from GM. Since March, the program has launched in Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C., and Baltimore. California Lyft drivers will also now have access to vehicles from the company’s electric fleet, including the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV and the extended-range electric 2016 Chevrolet Volt.
“Expanding Express Drive provides opportunities to hundreds of thousands of new potential Lyft drivers and continues to make car ownership optional for both drivers and passengers” John Zimmer, Lyft’s president and co-founder, said in the release. “We are also excited to be adding electric vehicles to Express Drive, which is an important milestone for Lyft and the industry.”
In San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Denver combined, over 130,000 people who applied to become Lyft drivers, didn’t have qualifying cars, according to the release.