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Uber is merging with Chinese rival Didi - here are 3 things Didi plans to do next
Uber is merging with Chinese rival Didi - here are 3 things Didi plans to do next
Danielle MuoioAug 1, 2016, 21:06 IST
In this Feb. 2, 2016 photo, Chen Xiao, right, a real estate agent, prepares to drive others sharing the ride of her car to go back to their hometown for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, in Shanghai, China. They met on the ride-share app of Didi Chuxing, an Uber-like mobile car-hailing service. Carpooling is still unusual in China, but government officials welcome the idea as a way to alleviate the enormous burden placed on the public transportation system during the Lunar New Year holidays, China's most important vacation period when hundreds of millions travel to their hometowns.AP Photo/Paul Traynor
The news comes a few months after Didi received a $1 billion investment from Apple. The company averages about 11 million rides a day, and has 300 million users across 400 Chinese cities. Didi completed 1.4 billion rides in 2015 alone.
Didi told Tech Insider several ways it plans to grow its business in the near-term. Scroll down to see Didi's three biggest plans:
