Lyft Hires Tesla’s Jon McNeill as Chief Operating Officer

Lyft Inc. hired Tesla Inc.’s Jon McNeill as chief operating officer to help the U.S. ride-hailing startup gain more ground on Uber Technologies Inc.

McNeill was president of global sales and service at Tesla and an influential figure at the automaker. On Tesla’s earnings call Wednesday, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said McNeill’s department would report directly to him and that “there are no plans to search for a replacement.”