Uber Technologies on Wednesday unveiled a range of recent offerings reminiscent of shared fixed-route rides and expanded membership passes, targeting consumers looking for cost-effective ways to travel.
The ride-sharing app has been looking to take a position in more cost-effective transport and delivery offerings to widen its user base and combat slowing revenue growth in an uncertain economic environment.
Uber’s latest “Route Share” ride option will cost half as much as the corporate’s UberX ride-hail service, by providing pickups every 20 minutes along busy commute corridors.
Initially available in cities reminiscent of Recent York, San Francisco and Chicago, Route Share will operate during weekday rush hours and Uber is considering partnering with employers to integrate pre-tax commuter advantages.
The corporate can also be expanding ride passes that help users lock-in lower fares and keep costs predictable.
These ride passes will likely be available in major US cities reminiscent of Chicago, Dallas, and San Francisco, and will likely be expanded to teen accounts later this 12 months.
Uber unveiled Price Lock Pass for $2.99 in February and it was initially available in just a few US markets. The feature will now be available across several cities in the USA and expand throughout the country and Brazil this 12 months, the corporate said.
The corporate had announced a partnership with Volkswagen to deploy a fleet of hundreds of the German automaker’s fully electric ID. Buzz AD vehicles as robotaxis next 12 months. The vehicles may also be used for shared self-driving taxi rides.
Uber can also be scaling its tie-up with Waymo in Austin, aiming to extend the variety of robotaxis to lots of of vehicles in the approaching months.
