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Tag: ridehailing
The social costs of ride-hailing may be larger than previously thought
ECONOMISTS HAVE always been fond of Uber. Its willingness to battle incumbents, use of technology to match buyers and sellers, and embrace of “surge” pricing to balance supply and demand make the ride-hailing giant a dismal scientist’s dream. Steven Levitt, the author of the bestselling “Freakonomics”, called it “the embodiment of what the economists would […]
China’s Didi gears up to launch ride-hailing service in Japan with SoftBank
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing (Didi) has officially launched its taxi-hailing business in Japan, as part of a previously announced joint venture with SoftBank. Didi, for the uninitiated, emerged back in 2015 following a merger between local Chinese rivals Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache, and the combined entity is now the market leader in Chi…Read More
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing raises $4 billion for AI push and international expansion
Didi Chuxing has announced another gargantuan equity funding round, as the Chinese ride-hailing giant reveals it has raised a further $ 4 billion. This latest round comes just eight months after the company raised $ 5.5 billion, which followed a year after it raised $ 7.3 billion from big-name backers including Apple. This new cash injection […]
Brazil softens ride-hailing bill after talks with Uber
It sounds like Dara Khosrowshahi’s willingness to compromise with local authorities worked for Uber in Brazil. The ride-hailing firm’s new chief has successfully convinced Brazilian officials to get rid of the strictest rules in the country’s proposed legislation for ride-hailing services. Brazil originally wanted to require Uber drivers to apply for licenses with local municipalities […]
Baidu teams with ride-hailing service to fast track self-driving cars
If Chinese search giant Baidu is going to fulfill its dreams of building a self-driving car platform, it needs maps accurate enough that vehicles can safely get from point A to point B. Thankfully, it has a solution: the company has just forged a partnership with the state-backed ride-hailing service Shouqi. Baidu will supply Shouqi […]
Ride-hailing services in NYC must now offer a tipping option
All ride-hailing services operating in NYC must make sure they offer in-app tipping, now that the city has made it a requirement. Authorities have passed a rule proposed by the Independent Driver’s Guild (and backed by the Taxi and Limousine Commission) a year ago that requires a tipping option for all for-hire drivers. According to […]
Scientists create ride-hailing tech that hides your travel data
When you use a ride-hailing app, you tell the company where you are and where you’re going. That’s all well and good if those firms truly will never use your data, but some of them don’t exactly have a stellar reputation when it comes to privacy. That’s why a team of scientists from the École […]
Scientists create ride-hailing tech that hides your travel data
When you use a ride-hailing app, you tell the company where you are and where you’re going. That’s all well and good if those firms truly will never use your data, but some of them don’t exactly have a stellar reputation when it comes to privacy. That’s why a team of scientists from the École […]
Boston Study Focuses on How People Use Self-Driving Cars in Ride-Hailing Service
– After years of single-minded focus on developing the technology for automated vehicles, the companies pushing to make self-driving cars a reality are now devoting more attention to the human beings who will ride in them. Over the past six months, both Volvo and Waymo have launched projects designed to examine how ordinary motorists use […]
