São Paulo, June 8, 2020 – 99, a technology company focused on urban mobility, announces two new features in the app aimed at helping to increase the earnings of partner drivers during the period of social isolation, as well as ensuring more convenience for users. The 99Poupa, an unprecedented category in the country, is an… Continue reading 99 launches products to increase driver gains during pandemic
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China’s Didi Chuxing CEO says ride sharing orders recover to pre-pandemic levels
Didi Chuxing, China’s biggest ride-hailing company which counts SoftBank as a backer, saw its ride sharing orders in China this month recover to levels seen over the same period a year earlier, its founder and Chief Executive Cheng Wei said. Didi‘s peak daily ride sharing orders surpassed 30 million, Cheng said in a statement on Saturday,… Continue reading China’s Didi Chuxing CEO says ride sharing orders recover to pre-pandemic levels
The Station: Cruise cuts, Waymo snags more cash and a VC Mobility survey – TechCrunch
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every Saturday in your inbox. Hi and welcome back to The Station. I’m your host Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch. If you’re interested in all the future and present ways people… Continue reading The Station: Cruise cuts, Waymo snags more cash and a VC Mobility survey – TechCrunch
Didi Chuxing to Issue Coupons to Boost Domestic Travel
The coupons, which provide a maximum discount of 15 yuan ($2), can be accessed via the company’s app or a QR code from June 2 to 29. Photo via Didi Chuxing. Chinese ride-hailing group Didi Chuxing will issue e-coupons in an effort to boost domestic travel, Xinhua reports. The company told the news outlet that due to… Continue reading Didi Chuxing to Issue Coupons to Boost Domestic Travel
SoftBank leads $500m funding in Chinese ride-hailer Didi
HONG KONG/TOKYO China’s largest ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing has raised $500 million for its autonomous driving subsidiary in a funding round led by SoftBank. The investment, the largest single funding round in China’s autonomous driving sector, marks Didi’s growing ambition in developing its own self-driving fleets as competition heats up and more companies begin launching… Continue reading SoftBank leads $500m funding in Chinese ride-hailer Didi
SoftBank led $500M investment in Didi in China’s biggest autonomous driving round
The race to automate vehicles on China’s roads is heating up. Didi, the Uber of China, announced on Friday an outsized investment of over $500 million in its freshly minted autonomous driving subsidiary. Leading the round — the single largest fundraising round in China’s autonomous driving sector — is its existing investor Softbank, the Japanese… Continue reading SoftBank led $500M investment in Didi in China’s biggest autonomous driving round
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing rakes in $500m for autonomous driving unit
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing announced on Friday that its autonomous driving subsidiary has raked in $500 million in what is the firm’s first external funding round since Didi created the subsidiary in 2016. Led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 and claimed to be the largest fundraising round in China’s autonomous driving sector, the transaction… Continue reading Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing rakes in $500m for autonomous driving unit
SoftBank leads $500 million fundraising for Didi’s self-driving unit
FILE PHOTO: Logo of Didi Chuxing is seen at its headquarters building in Beijing, China August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Didi Chuxing said on Friday it had completed a fundraising round of over $500 million for its autonomous driving subsidiary that was led by SoftBank Group’s (9984.T) Vision Fund 2. The… Continue reading SoftBank leads $500 million fundraising for Didi’s self-driving unit
China’s Didi Chuxing raises over $500 million for autonomous driving unit
FILE PHOTO: Logo of Didi Chuxing is seen at its headquarters building in Beijing, China August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Didi Chuxing said on Friday it had completed a fundraising round of over $500 million for its autonomous driving subsidiary. The ridehailing giant said the round was led by SoftBank Vision… Continue reading China’s Didi Chuxing raises over $500 million for autonomous driving unit
China’s Didi will begin using AI to run virus monitoring in Latin America
BEIJING, May 20 (Reuters) – China ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing said on Wednesday that it will start using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to verify if drivers in its Latin American markets wear masks and disinfect cars to keep rides safe amid the coronavirus pandemic. Didi, which is in eight countries across Latin America, Australia and… Continue reading China’s Didi will begin using AI to run virus monitoring in Latin America