Passenger transportation platforms look with concern at the historic fuel increase of $370 per liter for gasoline and $580 for diesel that the government announced for this Thursday.
The Executive’s justification for its increase and compensation plan is based on the rise in the price of oil product of the war in the Middle East and the interruption of traffic in the Strait of Hormuzwhere nearly 20% of the world’s crude oil circulates. This along with the financial situation in Chile.
The largest mobility platform in the country, Uber announced that it will soon communicate its measures to face the rise in fuel prices.
“We want to ensure that the announced increase in fuel prices is not directly passed on to users or driver partners. To this end, we are working on a series of measures that will be announced in the coming days, among which are a reduction in commissions, discounts for users, and an increase in discounts on gasoline for driver partners at Aramco stations,” he said. Uber a Pulse.
DiDia Chinese-owned company founded in 2012 in China and dedicated to on-demand transportation services, which has operated in Chile since 2019, detailed its plan to face the contingency.
Felipe Contreras, director of communications for Latin America at DiDi, explained to Pulse that the company “will adjust prices of trips to consider the additional fuel charge.”
However, “to prevent this from impacting users’ pockets, and to prevent DiDi’s safe and intelligent mobility from becoming a luxury that few can access, DiDi will massively launch coupons of up to 25% discount, at a national level, so that people can travel safely, without their pockets being greatly affected.” “This 25% will be financed by DiDi and does NOT impact the drivers’ earnings,” he stressed.
He also detailed that protection for his entrepreneurial drivers. “DiDi’s service commission will drop to 10%, thus the company will absorb a large part of the increase in costs that drivers will face with these new conditions. This measure will be applied from Thursday in RM, Valparaíso, Concepción, Talca, La Serena and Rancagua, and eventually new regions could be added,” added Contreras.
“This represents a big difference compared to the standards of the competition, which operate with commissions close to 40%. This adjustment in the service rate will allow drivers to continue undertaking the application, despite the massive increase in costs they will have to face,” the group concluded.
According to the Chinese company, the measure would benefit about 135 thousand drivers that they undertake with mobility applications and more than 9 million users who use DiDi on a daily basis.
Cabify absorbs the impact
Another of the relevant applications, Cabify, reported that due to the increase in fuel, the company communicated through a statement that it made the “decision to absorb 100% of the expected impact.”
To do this, “it will provide a supplement of $50 per kilometer route on each trip they make and will update their Cabify Stars benefits (loyalty program for drivers who currently have the greatest fuel discount delivered through the application).”
In addition to “this benefit, they will guarantee an income of $800 per kilometer traveled to Platinum category drivers.”
Fuel discounts are divided according to your category in Cabify Stars: Platinum: $200 per liter; Gold: $75 per liter; Silver: $50 per liter and Bronze: $15 per liter
“This benefit has a limit of up to six monthly charges, and another 15 charges of $15 for all categories,” he concluded.
Uber
For its part, Uber, the main player in the transportation market on mobile platforms, stated that “we want to ensure that the announced increase in fuel prices is not directly passed on to users or driver partners.”
For this reason, the company indicated that they are working on a series of measures, “among which are a reduction in commissions, discounts for users, and an increase in discounts on gasoline for driver partners at Aramco stations.”
The details of these measures will be announced in the coming days, the firm indicated.
