Peer-to-peer ride-sharing service Lyft has hooked up a group of its best San Francisco drivers with outside financing so they can buy Ford Explorers for a new premium ride service called Lyft Plus that costs twice as much as a normal Lyft.
To Launch a Premium Ride Service, Lyft Helps Drivers Buy a Fleet of Fancy Ford Explorers
The new Lyft Plus cars will have custom brushed-steel mustache grilles, spring water and chocolate.
The cars themselves are in the names of the drivers, who can use them for their normal lives as well, said a spokeswoman.
Lyft will supply kits for cleaning the cars, which have custom brushed-steel mustache grilles and backseat recharging outlets, and help keep them stocked with spring water and chocolate.
Starting today in San Francisco, passengers can opt to hail a normal Lyft or a fancy Lyft Plus from their smartphone apps. The company says Lyft Plus costs 20 percent less than its rival Uber, which gives you a pretty clear sense of where the motivation for the new service came from.
TechCrunch first reported details of the service.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
