Blog Tag - Didi Dache

‘Sorry, I Don’t Understand’: A Cheeky Guide To Chatting With a Beijing Taxi Driver
Picture this: The car pulls up as waimai drivers do their best to impede you from opening the door, but you succeed anyway. You choose the back seat...
Didi Is Dead? Not Yet!
When Didi was first removed from app stores in July, many believed the time was ripe for the app's competitors to flex their muscles, even going so...
What Happens if You Get Hurt Riding a Didi?
On average I use Didi about 60 times a month, which means in any given year I’m meeting roughly 720 different drivers, giving me a pretty good...
DP Didi Announces Holiday Price Hikes Over Spring Festival
Chinese New Year is upon us and the great migration has already begun. Those who stay in Beijing will find more than a few obstacles to daily life;...
3 Ways Didi's Big Data is Improving China's Traffic
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. Didi, the Chinese ride-hailing giant, is looking for ways build up its big data and...
Didi App Embeds Ofo to Provide Flexible Solution for Short Trips
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. After weeks of rumors, Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing announced today it has...
Meituan Adds Ride-Hailing Feature to Take on Didi
This post comes courtesy of our content partners at TechNode. Didi and Uber’s billion-dollar merger completed last August was assumed to have...
Stuck in a Jam? Hop Onto a Bike: Didi Chuxing to Add Bikes to Their Portfolio
Latest word from the Didi Chuxing office is that they are planning to add bicycles to their popular ride sharing platform which already includes cars...
4 Ways to Stay Safe on Uber or Didi
While whizzing around in Uber and Didi Dache cars may be extremely convenient and cheap, and it's easy to assume that Beijing is safe, it's important...
Uber is Set to Merge with Didi Chuxing
Uber is set to merge its China operation with local ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing in a USD 35 billion deal, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal...
Ride Hailing Apps Like Uber and Didi Dache to Become Legal Nov 1
Ride hailing apps like Uber and Didi Chuxing will soon be legal in China, according to a document made public on Thursday. The notice, addressed to...
Didi Announces 10 Million Rides Daily, 5 Times Uber Global Count
Didi Kuaidi, China’s ride-hailing giant, announced today that it now completes over 10 million rides daily. In a press release, Didi said this number...
No Wonder that Ride was so Cheap: Uber Losing USD 1 Billion per Year in China
Enjoy those Uber discounts – they're costing the company USD 1 billion per year, according to Uber co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick. Uber enjoys a...
How to Get Your Didi Dache/Uber Driver to Shut Up
Increasingly, Didi Dache Kuaiche and Uber drivers just want to chat. While this approach is a lot friendlier than the usual Beijing cabbie grunt (if...
2015 Year in Review: The Year's Most Convenient Apps
This year was full of convenience and upgrades from apps as we worked our way through ordering everything via our phones, no matter whether it was...