Exclusive: ​Autorickshaw-hailing app AUTOnCAB shuts down

Autorickshaw-hailing app AUTOnCAB has shut down its operations as it couldn’t sustain its business due to stiff competition from its heavily funded rivals, its co-founder and CEO told TechCircle. “Uber and Ola have been offering a lot of discounts and incentives,” Vinti Doshi said. We did ...

Disha Sharma

Uber discontinues autorickshaw hailing service

Uber India has temporarily suspended UberAUTO, its autorickshaw hailing service. “At Uber, we continuously experiment with products to ensure that we can provide the most efficient, affordable and convenient ride to everyone everywhere. We are temporarily removing this product (UberAUTO) to solve ...

Hiral Trivedi

Uber follows Ola to add autorickshaws to its cab hailing app in India, allows cash payments

Uber Technologies Inc., which runs a global cab hailing app, has followed local competitor Ola to go beyond its core cabs business to add autorickshaw service christened uberAUTO in India and has also allowed cash payments for the first time. Currently, uberAUTO is only available in Delhi. Users hav...