Uber iyaqhubeka nokusebenzela ukwandisa imisebenzi yayo emhlabeni wonke. Uma ngolunye usuku ememezele ukuthi uzothenga ku Volvo Izinkulungwane ezingama-24 zawo wonke umgwaqo i-XC90, ukuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe bayo bokuzishayela, manje isiqala uhambo olusha nenye ifemu. Uzakwethu okhethiwe ubengekho omunye ngaphandle Mahindra & Mahindra futhi imakethe abazongena kuyo izoba ngeyodwa ebaluleke kakhulu emhlabeni ngenxa yomthamo wokukhula kwayo, iNdiya.
Isivumelwano sokusebenzisana esifinyelelwe yizo zombili amafemu sigxile ku ukuhlinzekwa kwezimoto zikagesi ukuhlangabezana nesidingo salolu hlobo lokuhamba ezweni. Amanye amaphuzu u-Uber noMahindra abazobhekana nawo esivumelwaneni sabo kuzoba yilawa umshwalense, ukugcinwa, ukuxhasa ngezimali kanye nokudalwa kwenethiwekhi yezindawo zokushaja ukukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwalezi zimoto zikagesi.
Ukufeza lolu hlelo lokusebenzisana olunebhongo, a ukuhlolwa komshayeli emadolobheni aseDelhi naseHyderabad ezosatshalaliswa nakwamanye amadolobha akuleli, kuye ngokuthi yamukelwe kahle kangakanani emphakathini. Amamodeli akhethwe ngabakwa-Uber ama-sedans I-e20 Plus kanye ne-eVerito, izimoto ezimbili zikagesi ezethulwe emakethe yinkampani yaseNdiya muva nje.
Ngenxa yalesi sivumelwano I-Uber inyusa izimoto zayo zamatekisi kwelinye lamazwe anesidingo esiphezulu. Ukuthengiswa kwezimoto ezintsha eNdiya kufinyelele kumayunithi ayi-2016 ngo-3.046.727, lapho kuphela amaphesenti angu-0,07 (amayunithi angu-2.000) ayeyizimoto zikagesi. Kodwa-ke, ukukhula kokudayiswa kwalolu hlobo lwezimoto kulindeleke ukuthi kukhule kakhulu, njengoba kwenzeka eChina, uhulumeni waseNdiya unikeza amakhasimende azimele usizo ukuze azithenge.
Lesi sivumelwano sokusebenzisana phakathi kwe-Uber ne-Mahindra siza ngemuva kwalokho I-Jayem Automotives ne-Ola (umhlinzeki wokuhamba okwabiwe) usayine omunye lapho owesibili uzohlinzeka khona ngezimoto zikagesi ezisuselwa kuTata Nano. Phakathi kuka-Uber no-Ola bazofaka ingcindezi ukuze ngo-2030 i izimoto zikagesi kanye ne-hybrid emigwaqweni yaseNdiya.
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