New taxi hailing app Youdi, which has the backing of the local government, will launch in the eastern Chinese province of Nanjing later this year. The app is different from Didi and Uber in that it will mainly work with traditional taxi companies, however it will support ride-hailing also. “We have successfully signed contracts with all licensed taxi companies in Jiangsu,” said Wu, Youdi’s general manager who only provided her family name in a recent interview. Wu said that Youdi has no plans to expand beyond the city initially, testing the service on the local population of over 8 million people and, as of 2015, an estimated 12,000 traditional taxis.
New taxi hailing app Youdi, which has the backing of the local government, will launch in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu later this year. The app is different from Didi and Uber in that it will mainly work with traditional taxi companies, however it will support ride-hailing also. “We have successfully signed contracts with all licensed taxi companies in Nanjing,” said Wu, Youdi’s general manager who only provided her family name in a recent interview. Wu said that Youdi has no plans to expand beyond the city initially, testing the service on the local population of over 8 million people and, as of 2015, an estimated 12,000 traditional taxis.