Review of Uber’s innovation and diversification

Track freight in real-time: Track shipments online at any time of day. Automatic notifications for major milestones mean no more searching through an overcrowded inbox for tracking information.

Streamline document management: Upon delivery, necessary documents and paperwork are automatically organized and stored for instant and future access.

Besides benefits that Uber Freight offers reviews about this service is not so positive. According to Road Train member, Tall Joe, “Uber is a system offering cheap freight as a rule of thumb. Their good rates can only be snatched, if you patient enough to constantly monitor their app, and they don't stay there for too long. They are completely transparent about the load details...consignor, consignee, commodity, pick up and delivery hours....finally rate. This in itself is a lot of info about what to expect.

I don't see any difference on the scale of morale between UBER, CHR, JB HUNT, TQL, CONVOY, XPO, Coyote ..., X,... - anybody when there is an unpleasant development. It is never easy and straightforward to get paid accessorials , as a matter of fact, not getting paid what is expected or even nothing at all is a necessary risk to account for.

I don't want to defend UBER, just saying that is not worthy to get paid detention from them as it is from CHR and others. I am more concerned with the likes of Uber that they can become too technological in their own greedy agenda...for instance, I can imagine...easily, that they could algorithmetically sense that you prefer certain lanes, or where your home area is and will target cheaper rates at you...or even present only certain freight and hide some others.”

3M Transit company, Bobtail member posted the following “We tried our first load with Uber Freight yesterday’s. My driver arrived at the shipper and proceeded to wait 6 hours of course he notified Uber before he reached 2 hours and the broker insured him she would get it taken care of to please just wait. My driver proceeded to wait 6 hours until he gets a call that they cancelled the load. The broker Giovanna told my driver she would pay him the line haul plus his detention at $35/hour. I never hear from the broker again. So I pick up the phone and call Uber and ask and the guy on the other end of the phone offers me $250. I tell him to shove it that $250 doesn’t even cover the detention pay let alone a TONU. Beware you will get screwed!!!! Do not use Uber”

8. 
   Uber MOTO
   

Uber has launched a motorbike service in Thailand, marking the first time that the company has offered rides on two-wheeled vehicles. Uber said the new service is aimed at cities in emerging markets where traffic congestion is particularly severe. Few month later Uber launched its bike-sharing service in a few other Indian cities, including Bengaluru, earlier this year but has faced regulatory resistance and has had to suspend it. With 100,000 driver partners and approximately 2,500 new partner sign-ups per week, Bangladesh is expected to contribute 25% of Uber’s growth in the region in 2019. Speaking about the achievement, Uber’s President of India and South Asia Pradeep Parameswaran, said: “In our two years of operations here, we have helped strengthen an already vibrant entrepreneurial culture by creating employment opportunities for driver partners and millions of rides for our loyal customers.” An official web site of Uber describes this project as an affordable and convenient motorcycle ride at the push of a button, through the Uber app. Riders receive driver and bike details just as they do for other Uber rides, as well as all standard safety features before, during and after the ride including requisite insurance coverage, which covers the riders, GPS tracking, two-way feedback and the ability to share trip details with family and friends. 

On January 15, 2018, Hao Tran member of Travelcodex.com crew posted a review on uberMOTO. Uber launched its motorbike offering in March in Bangalore and Bangkok, only to get shutdown a couple months later. But the service is thriving in Vietnam, where regulations allow Uber to permit without too much oversight. And at a base fare of 10,000 VND (USD$0.45), the UberMOTO option is a fun and fast way to get around traffic-congested Ho Chi Minh City. All Uber motorbikes have a handrail on the back of the bike so that you can hang on to it during your ride. In Vietnam, locals call the motorbikes ‘Xe Om’ which means hugging bikes (as in you hug the driver while riding). No need to do that with your driver, thankfully.You’ll zip through the city with UberMOTO and just like an UberX, the payment is cashless. You’ll have the option to pay with cash though, as you would with Uber in many cities throughout Southeast Asia.

Author also Example fares:

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  Park Hyatt Saigon to Jade Emperor Pagoda: 12,000 VND ($0.53)
  
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  Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers to Cuc Gach Quan (my favorite restaurant in Saigon): 15,000 VND ($0.67)
  
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  Le Meredien Saigon to the Independence Palace: 14,000 VND ($0.62)
  

Also user named 7Craig7x posted the following on TripAdvisor:

In Hanoi now and have used both Uber-moto and grab-bike and both are a great way of getting around especially for solo travellers. Generally less than 1/2 the fare and quicker than regular taxi. And best of all no need to haggle. Also a fun experience.... And also good to support disruptive technologies that provide alternatives to businesses that routinely rip off their customers

9. 
   UberBoat
   

UberBOAT began in late June of 2017 in the luminous archipelago of Croatia’s tourist-choked islands. Uber has previously run boat services around specific events in Miami, Istanbul and Cannes, France — where it also flew helicopters for the last three film festivals — but company officials said the Croatia service was the first attempt at an ongoing marine presence. Home to 1,244 islands and over 1,000 miles of mainland coastline, Croatia is best explored by boat, but unravelling yacht charters and public ferries can prove difficult, to say the least. UberBOAT is serving the country’s ever-popular seaside spots of Split, Hvar, and Dubrovnik, allowing people to request two different types of speedboats to shuttle them from place to place. Davor Tremac, Uber’s general manager for Southeast Europe, declined to provide specific revenue and ridership figures for UberBOAT, saying only that “several hundred people” used the service in its first six weeks. Depending on the success in Croatia, he said, boat service could soon be available in Greece, Spain, Thailand and the Caribbean.

Recent figures show Croatia attracting 16 million tourists a year, mostly in July and August. There are regular ferry services to the most popular of its 1,200 islands, like Hvar and Brac, and a flotilla of boats for rent or for set tours can be found along the harbor front in Split and other coastal resorts. UberBOAT is aimed at people who want a more personalized, on-demand service — and are willing to pay for it. For example, a one-way Uber trip to Hvar from Split on an eight-seat boat cost 2,600 kuna (about $416, or $52 per person); ferry tickets run about $16. Uber Adventures cost a minimum of 330 kuna (about $53) plus $5.75 per kilometer and 50 cents per minute. UberBOAT will also take visitors directly from Split’s waterfront airport to Hvar, about an hour’s journey, for about $480 for up to eight passengers, or $600 for up to 12. That would replace a half-hour $35 taxi ride from the airport to the line for the $16 ferry — where the wait for the next boat can be up to four hours and the water journey itself lasts two hours. According to official web site of Uber are following option of boat trip are offered in Croatia:

9.1 Transfer: from the mainland to the island

UberBOAT will get you from point A to point B and back! Order UberBOAT directly from Split Airport or city center and travel to Hvar in style, or head to island of Brač or Vis. Or get to famous Elaphiti islands straight from Dubrovnik city centre. Throw your bags in the speedboat, kick back, and enjoy the ride.

9.2 Trip: escape the crowds to best-kept secret beaches, the choice is yours

The boat is yours. Use it as you wish, wherever you want to go, for how long you want. Sightseeings ideas: explore the nearby islands; discover hidden beaches, bays, and coves. Choose either Blue or Green Cave, or visit both of them!

Recently company uberBOAT started working in Mumbai too. “We are excited to launch Uber Boat in Mumbai, in partnership with Maharashtra Maritime Board, as pioneers in the organized on-demand transport system, Uber’s vision is to create a multi-modal platform to better serve riders and the cities we operate in” was said by Prabhjeet Singh, Uber India and South Asia’s Head of Cities. Starting at $80 USD for a 6- to 8-seater speedboat and $132 for a 10-person Uber Boat XL, riders (who must reserve full boats rather than individual seats) can commission travel between three destinations along the city’s waterway at the push of a button. Lifejackets included. Uber commissioned a report by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) on Mumbai traffic patterns that was released last April, according to Quartz. Its research showed that commuters in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, and Kolkata spend up to 1.5 hours more on their daily commutes during peak traffic times than counterparts in other Asian cities. Uber and BCG found that the congestion costs the Indian cities as much as $22 billion a year. By now, uberBoat is available only in two counties, which nothing compared to GetMyBoat, which is considered as one of the biggest players in market and can be found in over 2,300 locations in 184 countries and have 130,000 boats by now.

10. 
    UberCHOPPER
    

For the third year in a row, Uber is offering tech bros with unique an opportunity to transcend the crowds and headaches of big cities by booking a helicopter ride through the app. From January 4-8, people in Las Vegas for CES can select the Uber Chopper option in the app, and an UberX will arrive to ferry them to Maverick Helicopters on the outskirts of McCarren Airport. There, they’ll be treated to a 15 minute pleasure ride over the city. Laughing and shaking your fist at the Las Vegas Convention Center, where CES is headquartered, is optional. The price is $100 per person, give or take surge pricing several hundred feet in the sky. Uber started out as a luxury black-car service, and what better way to honor those roots than by giving private helicopter rides to cash-flush tech investors during the year’s biggest consumer electronics show. Last year, Uber started offering yacht trips to decadent riches in Dubai. However, while cruising through the air with “Flight of the Valkyries” blasting in headphones, one could not help but think of the ride-hail company’s latest mind-boggling project: Uber Elevate. In an ambitious research paper released late last year, the company envisions a fleet of lightweight, electric aircraft that take off and land vertically from preexisting urban heliports and skyscraper rooftops. These VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft would operate using fixed wings with tilt prop-rotors. According to official web site of Uber, following options of uberCHOPPER are available in Dubai: