“Uber China” – Didi Kuaidi has launched a service for drivers who drink too much alcohol and need to hire drivers to go home.
Accordingly, Didi Kuaidi, operator of the largest taxi service in China, is currently providing prepaid rental services in 10 cities, including Shenzhen.
9 other cities are Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Xi’an, Wuhan, Dalian and Nanjing, the company said at a press conference in Beijing yesterday ( July 28).
Customers using this rental driver service will be free during the first trip. They can request this service through the Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache application.
At the end of August, 5 other cities including Chengdu, Changchun and Xiamen will also be able to use this service. At the end of the year, driver rental services will be available in more than 100 cities.
Cheng Wei, chairman of Didi Kuaidi, said the driver rental service is currently a growing market and has great potential. “The size of driver rental services in China could reach 2.69 billion yuan (427 million USD) this year. It is only one-tenth of South Korea’s, the country currently has 50 million people and 20 million vehicles, “Cheng said.
Starting price of the first 10km car rental service. Rates vary depending on whether the customer uses this service in the evening or during the day. In Beijing, the starting price is 36 yuan from 6:00 to 22:00 for the first 10km and 20 yuan for each subsequent 10km.
Currently Didi Kuaidi has more than 5 million registered drivers and more than 1 million drivers are waiting to provide services.
This company has chosen more than 160,000 drivers after the training organized by Didi Kuaidi in collaboration with Chinese Automobile Circulation Association. The company will subsidize driving trips. The company also provides night bus service for rental drivers in cities where this service is popular.
Didi Kuaidi, founded more than three years ago and now has more than 200 million mobile app users, accounting for 80% of the market share of the car market. It currently serves 30 million people every day and is present in 80 cities.