Uber is a venture capital startup and transportation network company, headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, which links passengers and drivers with mobile applications and provides car rental and real-time ride services.
in June p>214, Uber announced that it would officially provide services in hong kong; On July 14th, Uber officially announced its entry into the Beijing market. In August 215, Uber raised a total of $1 billion; On October 8, Uber announced the establishment of Shanghai Wubo Information Technology Co., Ltd.; On December 22nd, Guangzhou Automobile Group took a stake in Uber. In February 216, Uber replaced the new logo;; On November 27th, the old version of Uber App will completely stop providing services in China, and Uber China, who has fully entered the China market for less than three years, officially bid farewell; On December 22, Uber has confirmed that it will stop the pilot of self-driving cars in San Francisco.
Uber, an American taxi application, has entered 25 cities in the Asia-Pacific region and covered 121 cities worldwide. In Chinese mainland, Uber has entered Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Among them, Shanghai is the first city for Uber to enter Chinese mainland.
As an international company, Uber emphasizes that the difference between itself and similar domestic companies is that users can also use Uber to call a car when traveling abroad, while domestic companies basically only operate in China.
In addition, Uber also released a Chinese version of the application and connected Alipay as a payment method. The head of Uber Asia-Pacific said that Uber is operated by local teams in overseas countries. Taking Shanghai as an example, combined with the actual situation in China, Uber once launched the service of calling a car to send a lion dance during the Spring Festival. But this is only a small detail, and more needs to be done in localized operation.
similarly, Uber will encounter policy pressure at home. This is actually similar to what Uber has encountered in the world. In the United States, France and other places, Uber has been resisted or even discredited by the government or the taxi industry to varying degrees. Uber officials said that they are learning about China's laws and regulations and are also adapting to China's laws and regulations.
On February 2, 216, Uber announced that it would abandon the old U-shaped logo and switch to a new one. Among them, green is for passengers and red is for Uber drivers. [1]
On June 1th, 216, Uber, an American taxi service, announced the launch of a new function that allows users to make an appointment for its taxi service 3 days in advance.