Taxi service

Traffic jams were reported on some highways leading to the capital as taxi drivers drove their vehicles at a snail’s pace across the river Han, raising concerns of evening traffic chaos on the giant Mapo Bridge. Photo: AFP

South Korea cab drivers protest Uber-like ride share app

1 min read . 20 Dec 2018

Uber has already named Dallas and Los Angeles as its first two launch cities in the US for aerial taxi service. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Uber top executives meet Modi, discuss aerial taxi service

2 min read . 08 Sep 2018

Drivers for Uber and Ola in other cities like the capital New Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune among others would also take part, party leaders said over the weekend. Photo:Vipin Kumar/ Hindustan Times

Uber, Ola drivers on indefinite strike from today for higher pay

1 min read . 19 Mar 2018

Ola is now officially operating in Sydney and has hired a local team to build partnerships and support driver-partners. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Ola expands in Australia, begins service in Sydney

1 min read . 12 Mar 2018

Uber remains a private company, but routinely discloses some earnings information. Photo: Reuters

Uber’s Q4 loss narrows to $1.1 billion: report

1 min read . 14 Feb 2018

The case follows a complaint from a professional taxi drivers’ association in Barcelona that Uber’s activities in Spain amounted to misleading practices and unfair competition from Uber’s use of non-professional drivers - a service Uber calls UberPOP. Photo: Reuters

Uber is transport service, can be regulated, rules EU court

1 min read . 20 Dec 2017

Uber, the biggest name in the exploding gig economy, claims it is a mere service provider, connecting consumers with drivers in more than 600 cities. Photo: Reuters

Uber faces big European Union court decision

2 min read . 20 Dec 2017

Careem—Uber Technologies Inc.’s largest rival— is the region’s only unicorn company, counting Rakuten Inc., Kingdom Holding Co., China’s Didi Chuxing and Daimler AG among its investors. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Uber Middle-East rival Careem says ride-hailing spend beats road investment

2 min read . 11 Dec 2017

Although Uber launched four years ago and now has 450,000 drivers in 29 cities, it’s locked in competition with Ola. Photo: AP

Uber targets India market with back-to-basics features

2 min read . 21 Nov 2017

Uber said it was the first formal services contract by the Nasa covering low-altitude airspace rather than outer space. Photo: Bloomberg

Nasa contracts Uber to build flying taxi air control software

3 min read . 08 Nov 2017

Toyota will record and analyse driving patterns in 100 Grab cars and offer recommendations on what connected services it can provide to Grab drivers. Photo: Bloomberg

Toyota pushes deeper into ride-sharing with investment in Grab

1 min read . 30 Aug 2017

A file photo of Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber’s new CEO. Photo: Reuters

Dara Khosrowshahi officially Uber CEO, replacing Travis Kalanick

1 min read . 30 Aug 2017

Ola and Uber have become new options for travel from airports for many passengers but they typically don’t have any kiosks. Photo: Mint

Five airports to allow Ola, Uber bookings at kiosks

1 min read . 23 Aug 2017

When Uber was launched in India in 2013, it only allowed digital payments through pre-paid instruments over its app. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Uber launches final phase of UPI-based payment facility for all its users

1 min read . 23 Aug 2017

File photo. Nikesh Arora, who was at Softbank until recently, was Masayoshi Son’s right-hand in making deals, helping to make the company the primary financier behind an anti-Uber alliance. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

SoftBank ex-president Nikesh Arora says Uber’s incoming CEO must fix culture

2 min read . 17 Aug 2017

The court's order against Ola, Uber and Taxi For Sure came while allowing the plea of NGO, Nyayabhoomi, seeking prosecution of the three firms under various provisions of the Motor Vehicle Act. Photo: Reuters

Delhi court summons Ola, Uber as accused

1 min read . 31 Jul 2017

The NGO has sought recovery of a whopping Rs91,000 crore from cab service providers, including Ola and Uber, for allegedly not adhering to rules relating to fares and not operating by fare meter. Photo: Sonu Mehta/HT

Delhi court to pass order on plea against Ola, Uber on Monday

1 min read . 29 Jul 2017

Uber India president Amit Jain. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Uber India business won’t be hit by Travis Kalanick exit: Amit Jain

2 min read . 03 Jul 2017

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick was a big backer of the online taxi start-up’s money-losing India business. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Why Uber boss Travis Kalanick’s resignation is good news for Ola

3 min read . 21 Jun 2017

One thing Uber could do is to raise prices. If Uber and Lyft are locked in a destructive and ultimately futile price war, they could potentially improve their bottom lines by simply ending that war and accepting that neither will ever be a monopoly. Photo: AP

Uber still doesn’t look like the next Facebook

4 min read . 07 Jun 2017