While Ola has been extending to Uber’s international territories such as Australia, Uber is now looking to bring new products on the Indian stage. Off late, Uber Regional General Manager, Prabhjeet Singh revealed that the company is testing Uber Express Pool in order to expand its lowest cost offering.
Prabhjeet Singh said,
“We are exploring multiple innovations in order to minimize the inconvenience for riders in term of time spent in vehicle sharing. Products like Express Pool in the US, which is being piloted, will soon be coming to India.”
He further added that India is one of the largest pool markets for Uber, where its riders and drivers have adopted pool a lot.
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It is expected that private ownership of cars will be reduced and there will be less congestion on the road.
Express Pool is a shared ride option which lets people join other users with similar routes on the same trip and share the cost of the trip.
In this new express pool option, there will be the option of pickup and drop off. The rider will have have to walk a couple blocks for the pickup and will have to walk a couple blocks to reach to the destination.
The pickup and drop-off spots keep changing and depend upon the most popular route.
Uber has expanded operations in four more cities of Ajmer, Jodhpur Udaipur and Mangalore, taking the total to 26 towns in the country. The launch comes after it signed a MoU with the Rajasthan government early in November to provide 35,000 new entrepreneurship opportunities, contribute to technology-related skills training and smart city initiatives and a commitment to launch its ride-sharing service in the state.
Mangalore will be the third city in Karnataka where Uber has launched its operations.
Despite its being tough to scale, the Indian market is still the primary target for Uber. The cab-aggregator has completed has completed 500 Mn rides in the last four years. Earlier, Uber COO, Barney Harford also said that Uber is here to stay in India and fight it out with arch-rival Ola and CEO Dara Khosrowshahi pointed out that India is one of its healthiest markets.
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