Didi will clear 25000 non compliant vehicles, and by the end of the year, 80% of Shanghai's online ride hailing vehicles will comply with regulations
This morning, the Shanghai Road Transport Bureau, in collaboration with relevant departments, held talks with Didi Chuxing. The reporter learned from the interview that by the end of this year, 80% of Shanghai's ride hailing vehicles will comply with regulations, and Didi will clear 25000 non compliant vehicles from the city.
On July 22nd, in response to the oversupply of the ride hailing market, a significant decrease in driver orders, and a serious decline in revenue, Shanghai announced a two-step suspension of accepting ride hailing transportation certificate related services. However, there are still a large number of unlicensed ride hailing services on major platforms.
In June of this year, the industry management department in Shanghai issued a special notice on further regulating the business behavior of ride hailing platform enterprises, requiring the platform to develop measures to clear and return non compliant vehicles, regulate pricing behavior, dispatching behavior, and cooperation behavior, and timely and accurately upload data in accordance with regulations.
"Previous research has shown that the current daily demand for car use in Shanghai is around 2 million units, and the supply of around 100000 vehicles is relatively scientific, including ride hailing services and traditional taxis." Wu Xuecheng, Deputy Director of the Passenger Transport Department of the Municipal Road Transport Bureau, revealed that if there is an increase in car use demand, the ride hailing certification business may restart. Through dynamic policy adjustments and strict supervision, we not only meet the travel needs of the people, but also ensure the healthy and orderly development of the Shanghai ride hailing market.
According to the plan, by the end of this year, 80% of Shanghai's online ride hailing vehicles are expected to comply with regulations. During the interview, a collaborative supervision team composed of multiple departments stated that they will supervise and track the progress and implementation of various tasks of the platform company, and provide a quantitative plan for monthly implementation by the end of the year.
As the largest ride hailing platform in China, Didi currently has 140000 monthly active ride hailing vehicles registered in Shanghai. The person in charge of the Didi platform admitted at the interview that there are about 76000 certified vehicles on the platform in Shanghai. Since July, more than 4000 non compliant vehicles have been cleared, with plans to clear 25000 vehicles by the end of September.
In response to the price war among various ride hailing platforms, Wu Xuecheng stated that some platforms have engaged in commission payments approaching the upper limit of 30% and are suspected of infringing on the rights and interests of drivers. "We have ordered the relevant platforms to make corrections. If the marketing methods launched by the platform involve drivers' rights, opinions from drivers, industry associations, etc. need to be sought in advance."
