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Uber: A Global Transportation and Logistics Giant Uber Technologies, Inc, headquartered in San Francisco, is a multinational transportation network company operating across approximately 70 countries and 15,000 cities. Its core business model revolves around ride-hailing, but its services have expan...
- Company type Public
- Industry Transportation, Mobility as a service
- Founded March 2009
- Founders Garrett Camp, Travis Kalanick
- Headquarters San Francisco, California, U.S.
- Area served 70 countries and 10,500 cities worldwide
- Key people Ronald Sugar (chairman), Dara Khosrowshahi (CEO)
- Services Taxi, Food delivery, Package delivery, Freight transport
- Revenue US$43.98 billion (2024)
- Net income US$9.856 billion (2024)
- Number of employees 31,100 (2024)
- Subsidiaries Careem (2020-2023), Cornershop, Drizly (2021-2024), Postmates, Uber Carshare (2022-2024), Uber Eats
- Website www.uber.com
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Uber history
Uber: From Luxury Rides to Global Mobility Uber's journey began in 2009 with a simple idea: easier, cheaper transportation. Co-founders Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick, spurred by a costly New Year's Eve experience, developed a mobile app initially offering only black car services in San Francisco....
UBER NEWS
Gig workers' union plans to contest four Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra
March 09, 2024 3:42 pm
“Before contesting the elections, we will urge political parties to consider listing our demands in their manifestos… we will nominate our candidates from Pune, Shirur, Baramati, and Maval constituencies in Pune district,” IGF President Keshav Kshirsagar said.
Ola, Uber drivers in Pune suspend services as firms yet to hike travel fare
March 05, 2024 11:52 am
The meeting chaired by District Collector Suhas Diwase on March 4 with cab unions and aggregator companies failed to arrive at an amicable solution; the Regional Transport Office came up with the revised fares for the cabs on January 3.
Uber signs pact with government-backed ONDC to expand mobility offerings
February 22, 2024 3:41 pm
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said global companies and governments can learn from the scale and ambition of India's digital public infrastructure.
Centre tells states to allow motorcycles to ply as bike taxis; Rapido calls it 'pivotal moment'
February 16, 2024 2:25 pm
The Karnataka High Court had granted interim protection to Rapido in 2021 against any coercive action by the state government after the transport department cracked down on the operations of the bike taxi app.
Uber, Ola ask Karnataka govt to revise order barring dynamic pricing, warn of ‘chilling impact’ on mobility ecosystem
February 15, 2024 9:23 pm
IAMAI, which includes ride-hailing companies like Uber, Ola and Rapido, objected to the order issued on February 3 by maintaining that city taxis and app-based taxis are distinct categories and that dynamic pricing is beneficial for both drivers and customers.
Cabs in Bengaluru will only get costlier with revised uniform rates: ride-hailing firms
February 08, 2024 9:05 am
The move to revise fares for cab aggregators by the Karnataka government is ‘unscientific’, say ride-hailing apps.
Karnataka govt fixes fares for Ola, Uber and other taxis
February 06, 2024 8:17 am
Taxis operating between 12-6 am can levy an additional charge of 10 per cent.
Uber expands its flexible pricing model to 12 cities in India
January 08, 2024 8:30 am
Uber Flex allows users to choose between nine pre-set prices for a ride, with drivers having the option to either accept or decline the offer. The service is now available in 12 Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities in India.
Uber gets some relief from HC in Chandigarh
December 18, 2023 8:19 am
The petitioner Uber India had moved the HC aggrieved by an order issued by the STA, wherein on one hand, it acknowledged that the petitioner’s application for licence under the relevant guidelines was pending, whereas on the other, it was directed to stop its operations in the UT with immediate effect.
Ola, Uber asked to stop operations in Chandigarh
December 15, 2023 8:12 am
Both companies failed to get licence under Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines
