The presence of Ridesharing service in New Zealand was marked by the entry of Uber in 2014 through Auckland. It was the first and the only private car booking service in the country at that time. Starting in Auckland, now the San Francisco based ride-hailing company has expanded its services to several other major cities in New Zealand. And now they have more than 300K+ passengers and also 4K+ active drivers around the country. It Read more
In New South Wales you can find more than one on-demand transportation services, starting from veteran rideshare – Uber, Ola, Didi, GoCatch to Shebah which only have female drivers. Almost all of them can be ordered in the capital city of NSW, Sydney. With the large number of rideshare services operating in Sydney and several other cities in NSW, it is expected to be able to unlock opportunities for local drivers to make additional income Read more
Sydney, which is the state capital of New South Wales (NSW), became the first city where Uber began expanding in Australia. Until the end of 2018, Uber was available in nine more cities including an additional six regional cities around the state. Apart from Sydney, another city where Uber operates is Byron Bay, Newcastle and Wollongong. At the end of the year, they added six other regional cities across NSW such as Bathurst, Coffs Harbor, Read more
Uber is an US-based on-demand transportation service which expands into Australia and New Zealand in 2014. It’s also referred to as a ride-sharing or ride-hailing service. Whatever it is, Uber is an app platform that connects riders and driver-partners in real-time. The users get the convenience of getting a ride with just a touch of a finger using their mobile phone, while the Uber drivers (or sometimes called as driver-partners) can earn some money by Read more
Only a few people are aware of Didi in New South Wales (NSW), a ride-sharing startup company headquartered in Beijing, China. A company that force Uber to leave China by acquiring its operation in the country in 2016. In Australia, Didi starts with Melbourne in mid-2018 and reunited with their classic competitor, Uber. When this service was first launched, the ride-hailing app can only be used in the state of Victoria (Melbourne and Geelong). However, Read more
The Indian-based ridesharing startup company – Ola Cabs, has officially operated in Australia in early 2018, starting from Sydney and currently served 7 cities in several states and likely continue to grow to reach all states and territories in the country. Ola in Sydney will compete directly with other ride-hailing services such as Taxify, Didi, GoCatch and also the ridesharing veteran – Uber, who have been in the city since 2012. Ola Cabs has seen Read more
Do you have any doubt whether your car is eligible to drive with Uber in Sydney? You should know that most cars with 4-doors are eligible, however, specific requirements vary by service or vehicle options. In Sydney you can choose 7 types of vehicle options that you can drive as an individual Uber driver-partner, which include UberX, UberAssist, UberBLACK, UberXL, UberSELECT, UberBLACK SUV and UberLUX. You can read more about this vehicle options in Uber Read more
After the personal documents requirements that we have authored before, the next stage is car requirements. This to ensure that your vehicle is eligible to hit the road with Uber. Not only the availability of your vehicle docs, to get approved to drive with Uber, your car also needs to comply with predetermined criteria. The requirements also depend on the Vehicle Options that you choose when registering later. Uber Car Requirements in Sydney There are Read more
Ride-hailing service or generally known as ridesharing is one of the point to point transport services that offer flexibility and convenience. We can travel from location A to B whenever you want for a fare. Apart from Rideshare Service, point to point transport also includes several transportation services such as Taxi, Hire Cars, Tourist Service or other transportation services that provide passenger transport service for a fare. As it relates to transportation services, the New Read more
Almost all ride-hailing platforms found in Australia are derived from overseas startup companies, which include the United States (Uber), Asia (Ola and Didi) and Europe (Taxify). But did you know that there is a startup company that is founded and developed by Australians, it is GoCatch. GoCatch was founded in 2011, one year before Uber came to Australia through Sydney. Founded by two people who back then had trouble getting conventional taxi rides in some Read more