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What's the difference between UberPop and UberX?
by aetherson 12y ago
What's the difference between UberPop and UberX?
- intrepidd42 12y agoUberPop drivers are regular people like you and me. UberX drivers are professional "tourist drivers".
- aetherson 12y agoHuh. So in San Francisco, UberX are citizen drivers, UberBlack are professional limo drivers, and there is no UberPop.
- corin_ 12y agoIn Paris (I think, again anecdotal and I only used UberPop on my most recent trip to Paris) UberX are "citizen drivers", but meeting semi-professional standards in both their service and their vehicle. UperPop, at least feels to the consumer, like someone with a small car clicked a button saying "yep I can do this" and voila, off they go.
- zobzu 12y agoyeah uberx are still following uber's guidelines and are pretty professional. if they fuck up too much uber terminates their license. uberpop is basically everyone and their dog, ie this is closer to real ride sharing.
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- wuliwong 12y agoSo in the US Uber is what UberX is in France and UberX in the US is what UberPop is in France? Really weird, wonder why they would do that?
- prostoalex 12y agoIt's not really that, it's the car class. UberPOP is anything compact or subcompact, sometimes limiting to 2 passengers. UberX is a 4-door sedan. UberPOP is not launched in the US - you can only start driving for Uber with a 4-door sedan or higher.
- santacluster 12y agoUberPop are unlicensed taxis in private cars masquerading as ride-shares. Which they obviously aren't, since the paying client decides the destination. I would be surprised if UberPop is still in operation anywhere in Europe by the summer of 2015. It's patently illegal on multiple fronts. Some governments are open to providing a regulatory framework (one that covers safety and consumer protection), especially in places where the taxi market is dysfunctional, but Uber's "fuck your laws, we'll do it anyway" attitude is extremely counterproductive in that respect. UberX is a professional limousine service, and in most places they operate they abide by the rules. (Which also means they're not particularly cheaper than regular taxis.)
- mynameisvlad 12y ago> UberX is a professional limousine service That sounds like Uber/UberBlack to me. UberX is still citizen drivers in their own cars doing it in their own time. I highly doubt they are professionally licensed.
- corin_ 12y agoI'm not the person you're replying to, but from a consumer point of view UberX feels like a limo service (in Paris, London..) In London for example, if you didn't know anything about the company, you wouldn't know the UberX drivers were any different to more traditionally set-up private firms like Addison Lee. Whereas UberPop in Paris felt like getting a ride from an amateur.
- mynameisvlad 12y agoHuh, that's interesting. Over here (Seattle), UberX feels more like Paris' UberPop (citizen drivers, their cars, however still some regulation by Uber) and UberBlack is the full on towncar service that's professionally licensed (and most of them run private car services on the side).
- potatolicious 12y agoThis varies depending on geography. In some cities UberX are regular citizen drivers, but in others UberX are professional drivers. Here in New York all UberX cars, and their drivers, are licensed in the same category as black cars and limos.