Didi Dache

Beijing Xiaoju Keji Co., Ltd.
Native name
 北京小桔科技有限公司
Industry Mobile application
Founded June, 2012
Founder Cheng Wei
Headquarters Beijing, China
Area served
 China
Key people
 Cheng Wei (Chairman and CEO)
Liu Qing (President)
Products Taxi-calling application
Website www.xiaojukeji.com

Didi Dache (Chinese: 滴滴打车; literally: "Didi Taxi Calling") is a mobile platform taxi-calling application developed by Chinese mobile application company Beijing Xiaoju Keji Co., Ltd.[1][2][3] The application is one of the major taxi apps in China, with over 100 million users in more than 300 cities. It was established in June 2012.[4]

In February 2015, Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache announced they would merge to create one of the world’s largest smartphone-based transport service companies, worth around $6 billion.[5]It was not clear whether the merger may have violated China anti-monopoly law.

In December 2015, taxi drivers protested against Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache. Both companies were forced to close their offices in the city of Luoyang.

References

  1. ↑ "Company Overview of Beijing Xiaoju Keji Co., Ltd.". Bloomberg Business. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. ↑ C. Custer (November 5, 2014). "China’s taxi app market breaks 150 million users, and it’s totally dominated by two apps". Tech in Asia. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  3. ↑ Usman W. Chohan (April 2014). "Dididache 嘀嘀打车 - Hailing the Future, One Cab at a Time". McGill University Economic Publications.
  4. ↑ Steven Millward (December 9, 2014). "China’s Didi Dache raises $700M, becomes 2nd most well-funded taxi app in the world". Tech in Asia. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ "China taxi apps Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache announce $6 billion tie-up" (Press release). Reuters. 14 February 2015.


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