Uber Testing Use of Car-Sharing Vehicles for Ride-Hailing Services
Tokyo, Sept. 4 (Jiji Press)--Uber Japan has launched a trial of utilizing vehicles for car-sharing services to transport customers under its ride-hailing services in Tokyo, with the aim of securing a sufficient number of ride-hailing drivers.
Tying up with taxi company Royal Limousine and car-sharing service provider Times Mobility Co., the unit of U.S. ride-hailing service provider Uber Technologies Inc. began on Tuesday the experimental operations designed to enable ordinary drivers to offer ride-hailing services even if they do not own vehicles and thus find it easier to start the business.
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