Uber India plans to expand footprint, take auto rental business global

Plans to innovate auto service products in India and replicate them in emerging markets

Buoyed by the success in the uptake of auto-ridership during the pandemic, Uber India is refocusing its strategy by expanding this to all cities it serves with taxis.

It is also looking at replicating its auto-rental business model, which it launched in India recently, in other emerging countries in a big way.

Of the 89 cities in which Uber is currently present and operates, 38 offer Uber Auto —the latest editions being Agartala, Vizag, Vijaywada, Lucknow, Gwalior, Jabalpur, etc, said Prabhjeet Singh, president, Uber (India and South Asia), in his first interview after taking over.

“Our aim is to speed up implementation so