Didi and CATL established a joint venture for battery swapping. They plan to enter the ride-hailing scene and provide battery swapping services for new energy vehicles.
On the late evening of November 27, the Chinese ride-hailing app Didi crashed. DiDi users in Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou reported on social media that they were unable to use the DiDi app and that the maps were not loading.
During the 3rd Belt and Road Summit, Didi, together with its Brazilian partner, signed a cooperation agreement in the fields of green transportation and digital payment.
At present, KargoBot has a total of 150 autonomous heavy trucks, mainly used for transporting coal and other bulk commodities in the northwest and north China regions.
After the launch of the Didi App, China's second-quarter revenue from transportation increased by 57% year-on-year. The average daily order volume in June exceeded 30 million orders.
In recent years, the competition in the online ride-hailing industry has become increasingly fierce. Autonomous driving has become an important focus for online ride-hailing platforms. Didi, T3 Go, Cao Cao Mobility and other online ride-hailing platforms have successively announced their plans for autonomous driving and proposed "small goals".
On April 19, during the Shanghai Auto Show, Didi's autonomous trucking division KargoBot announced a strategic partnership with Chinese tech firm Horizon Robotics.
On April 13, Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi released its first autonomous driving and automatic operation center and autonomous driving concept car named "DiDi Neuron."
On March 29th, it was announced that DiDi's autonomous driving service has become one of the first companies to receive a qualification for intelligent networked demonstration operations in Guangzhou. Recently, it officially started accepting orders in Guangzhou and charges fees based on actual mileage and usage time, as regular taxi services.
On January 18, an app that has been described as the first Chinese state-backed transportation platform reportedly got support from the country's Ministry of Transport. However, authorities declared that they had no relationship with the app.
In the two weeks since Chinese authorities announced a major easing of COVID-19 control measures, a decrease in both supply and demand for urban vehicular transportation has caused order volumes on several leading domestic ride-hailing platforms to fall sharply.
Reports have emerged recently claiming that Tencent Holdings is considering a reduction of its shares in Meituan, Beike, Didi and other companies, in order to provide funds for its stock repurchase and new business ventures.
On August 22, China's Ministry of Transport conducted interviews with 11 ride-hailing service platforms including Didi, T3 Travel, AutoNavi, Caocao Mobility, and Meituan Taxi.
