Didi Intercity Carpooling Chengdu has a limited online range, denying the rider variant.

According to media reports, Didi Chuxing officially launched the intercity carpooling service in Chengdu on May 22nd, and opened the carpooling service from the Third Ring Road in Chengdu's main city to Jintang and Pidu. It is reported that this is a long-distance carpooling function launched by Didi. Only qualified drivers can take orders.

For this kind of long-distance carpooling, many people think it is a variant of "free ride", but Didi denies this statement. First of all, there are regional restrictions on intercity carpooling, and intercity carpooling will cooperate with local passenger transport enterprises during operation, with route restrictions; There is a difference between the above points and hitchhiking.

In fact, Didi Intercity Carpooling has been launched in many places. Now there are intercity carpooling services in Jining, Linyi and Hangzhou, and Hangzhou was officially launched on April 20 this year. Due to cooperation with local passenger transport enterprises, Didi Platform mainly provides information technology services and drainage services.

Passengers need to place an order in advance when using Didi Intercity Carpooling. When placing an order, you can make an appointment for the departure time and number of people, up to 2 days in advance. If the scheduled arrival and departure time is not full, the vehicle will still leave on time. If carpooling is late, the driver can also remind carpooling passengers to get to the boarding place as soon as possible.

According to the relevant person in charge of Didi Intercity Carpooling, the introduction of Didi Intercity Carpooling is to learn from the experience of passenger transport enterprises, improve transportation efficiency from different angles, and use big data to predict passenger flow, greatly reducing operating costs and improving the comfort and safety of carpooling users.

This intercity carpooling in Chengdu is different from other places. It uses a compliant 5-seat network to get a car, while in other places, Didi cooperates with Jiaoyun Group to use a 7-seat car with road transportation qualification. Using a five-seat compliant network car is another exploration attempt of intercity carpooling.

Drivers engaged in Chengdu Didi Intercity Carpooling will provide offline safety training and professional services. Combined with the multiple safety functions provided by Didi platform in the operation process, the safety of passengers can be effectively guaranteed. In addition, drivers will follow the anti-fatigue driving rules of Didi platform, and the online recording protection function can provide a basis for the handling of disputes on the premise of ensuring privacy.

Up to now, there has been no news of re-launching after the offline of Didi Shunfeng, and the offline of Didi Shunfeng has also brought huge losses to Didi. After all, SF occupies more than half of Didi's business. Moreover, its indefinite offline has caused inconvenience to many people. However, the launch of this intercity carpooling can lengthen the service distance of the network car and provide users with comfortable carpooling services.

Carpooling business has a large market in China, and the Internet travel market has generally maintained an annual growth rate of more than 20%, and different companies have also joined in. For example, during the offline period of Didi Shunfeng, Harrow Shunfeng has been launched and has been welcomed by many people. Its launch may prompt Didi to go online.

For the development of Didi Intercity Carpooling, Didi said that in the future, it will cooperate with local passenger transport enterprises to explore a win-win model. Didi will use big data and AI technology to integrate related resources to provide passengers with on-site pick-up, timely and reliable cross-regional or cross-city travel services without transfer.