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Can anybody in China comment on how popular Didi is? Is it as universal (young to old people) and popular as Uber (don't want to hear the political commentary).

Can anybody in China comment on how popular Didi is? Is it as universal (young to old people) and popular as Uber (don't want to hear the political commentary). What about average ride price per KM (Renminbi or dollars)? Seems like Apple's $1 billion investment last year (May) in Didi might pay off huge.

bhalperin 9y ago
This is going to vary massively city to city, just as it does for Uber/Lyft/Grab in other countries.
- nodesocket 9y ago
  Sure but there are reports and research. Here is a site that aggregates this data. http://uberestimate.com/prices/San-Francisco/ http://uberestimate.com/prices/San-Francisco/
Fricken 9y ago
Prior to this new fundraising round Uber took a 17.7% stake in Didi in exchange for handing it's China assets over to Didi, which was worth something like $6 billion. So even though Uber lost in China, they actually kind of won, unless, I guess, they decide to start fighting again in some other market. https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-didi-cheng-wei/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-didi-cheng-wei/
seanmcdirmid 9y ago
Didi is pretty popular, you can get it in most cities, though it really depends on how the regulations are being enforced at the time (didi in Beijing and SH can go away for a few days when there are crackdowns on black cabs). As for rates, check out: https://ride.guru/estimate/Zhongguancun,%20Haidian,%20Beijing,%20China/Taiyanggong,%20Chaoyang%20Qu,%20China,%20100028 https://ride.guru/estimate/Zhongguancun,%20Haidian,%20Beijin... That is my standard trip from work to home when I lived in BJ. Didi was just 1.3X more than a taxi, though I usually just took a taxi because wepay wasn't friendly to foreigners at the time.
dilemma 9y ago
Yes, Didi is universal across the country. You can order Didi through WeChat and actually what you get is a regular taxi car, not a Uber-type freelance driver.
- Markoff 9y ago
  you can choose if you want regular taxi or black car, it's up to you, you can even choose shared car with other passengers
Markoff 9y ago
it doesn't have competition, they control more than 90% of their market, similar with Wechat having monopoly on IM, so it's not like you have choice no matter what's your age my personal experience with didi was very inconsistent, half rides were ok, half rides were horrible experiences, so next time i would just call straight taxi company to get regular taxi (yes i am aware you can order regular taxi through Didi, lived in China for years)

bhalperin 9y ago

This is going to vary massively city to city, just as it does for Uber/Lyft/Grab in other countries.

nodesocket 9y ago
Sure but there are reports and research. Here is a site that aggregates this data. http://uberestimate.com/prices/San-Francisco/ http://uberestimate.com/prices/San-Francisco/

Fricken 9y ago

Prior to this new fundraising round Uber took a 17.7% stake in Didi in exchange for handing it's China assets over to Didi, which was worth something like $6 billion. So even though Uber lost in China, they actually kind of won, unless, I guess, they decide to start fighting again in some other market. https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-didi-cheng-wei/ https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-didi-cheng-wei/

seanmcdirmid 9y ago

Didi is pretty popular, you can get it in most cities, though it really depends on how the regulations are being enforced at the time (didi in Beijing and SH can go away for a few days when there are crackdowns on black cabs). As for rates, check out: https://ride.guru/estimate/Zhongguancun,%20Haidian,%20Beijing,%20China/Taiyanggong,%20Chaoyang%20Qu,%20China,%20100028 https://ride.guru/estimate/Zhongguancun,%20Haidian,%20Beijin... That is my standard trip from work to home when I lived in BJ. Didi was just 1.3X more than a taxi, though I usually just took a taxi because wepay wasn't friendly to foreigners at the time.

dilemma 9y ago

Yes, Didi is universal across the country. You can order Didi through WeChat and actually what you get is a regular taxi car, not a Uber-type freelance driver.

Markoff 9y ago
you can choose if you want regular taxi or black car, it's up to you, you can even choose shared car with other passengers

Markoff 9y ago

it doesn't have competition, they control more than 90% of their market, similar with Wechat having monopoly on IM, so it's not like you have choice no matter what's your age my personal experience with didi was very inconsistent, half rides were ok, half rides were horrible experiences, so next time i would just call straight taxi company to get regular taxi (yes i am aware you can order regular taxi through Didi, lived in China for years)