Joining international taxi drivers on the list of things that are likely giving the executive team at the ride-sharing behemoth Uber a headache this morning is the announcement that Yongche is eyeing international expansion
Yongche is China’s largest and most popular ride-sharing service and runs much like Uber. The company currently services 57 cities across China and Hong Kong and claims over 2 million active users and a fleet of 50,000 drivers.
Their new American service is aimed at Chinese visitors to the states, namely with hooking them up with Mandarin speaking drivers while they are visiting.
“Most Chinese don’t speak English and find it difficult to communicate with foreign drivers after they land in another country,” founder and CEO Herman Zhou told Bloomberg.
While the Yongsche international is initially pegged for launch in New York and San Francisco, Zhou plans to expand to Los Angeles, Boston, London, Frankfurt, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo.
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