News & Announcements

Empower Sponsoring Civil Rights March and Rally at Freedom Plaza in Support of Driver and Rider Freedom Washington, D.C. – Hundreds of riders and drivers are planning to march in support of driver civil rights at 11:30AM, today at Freedom Plaza. Despite thousands of emails from riders and numerous requests for meetings from drivers, over […]

Drivers and riders set to rally in support of Equal Opportunity and Empowerment Act at Councilmember Brianne Nadeau event in Columbia Heights this evening Washington, D.C. – Empower will be hosting a rally this evening (Oct. 29th) at 6pm at Sonny’s Pizza (3120 Georgia Ave NW, 20010) in Columbia Heights to stop the efforts of […]

Driver Spotlight: Andre Meet Andre Turner, a beloved DC driver who has received over 1,000 thumbs up and has been favorited by over 320 of his customers! Andre is a former DC government employee and a former law enforcement officer from the 6th district. It was one of Andre’s Lyft passengers who initially introduced him […]

Councilmember Brianne Nadeau Cancels Public Confirmation Hearing of Nominee for Director of Department of For-Hire Vehicles Citing Unprecedented 1,300 Requests to Testify in Opposition Empower Hosting Driver Freedom Rally at Freedom Plaza in Response Washington, D.C. – An unprecedented 1,300 people signed up to speak at today’s scheduled confirmation hearing of Department of For-Hire Vehicles […]

Increase in Stripe instant payout limit for Platinum Plan!  We are excited to share that the Stripe instant payout limit for Empower Platinum subscribers in DC has been increased to $200 per day! As a reminder, all drivers using Empower can use Stripe’s instant payout feature to “instantly” transfer earnings from Stripe to their connected bank […]

Rideshare Drivers Working for Themselves Using Empower’s Software Have Earned $100 Million Over 15,000 Drivers in D.C. Alone Have Provided 6 Million+ Rides Washington, D.C. – Uber disruptor Empower announced today that rideshare drivers using its software and services to work for themselves have earned over $100 million. Unlike drivers who work for Uber, drivers […]