Baidu lead investor in two companies close combat carpool Ali Tencent
Reporters learned from Baidu, carpooling software every 51 cars and vehicles have been the Baidu investment. Industry analysts, taxis war Baidu car market this year will launch the second world war to fight with Ali and Tencent missed falls walk fast melee business.
Both Baidu similar investment vehicles to combat the business model of the company, Baidu investment is also exactly the same. 51 vehicles in the last round of millions of dollars for the entire C funding, Baidu main investor, Sequoia Capital and other institutional co-investment, and all the cars completed a C round of funding, but also by Baidu lead investor, Sequoia Capital now cast.
This two carpool how to differentiate the future development of the company? 51 vehicles Huabing CEO said that the future will develop a set of 51 vehicles in the system of real-time programming for private vehicles, carpooling to achieve in the future for a walk on the road no car Kongshi, the future will be in the LBS (location based services) and other aspects of in-depth cooperation with Baidu. And each side of the car said, intends to build a car every day was useful, fun, love, the practice of sharing economy.
Chang Ai Media Consulting CEO Dobb child seems Baidu and Tencent will help improve the likelihood of business competition Ali car to win the fight, if necessary, mediation of the merger of investment possible.
Policy and confidence carpool problem
The car business is similar to carpooling software in politics also face shame.
In late 2013 Beijing regulators issued a "Beijing Municipal Traffic Commission on small passenger public transport travel" parts book a place and recognized the corresponding costs properly allocable and Travel behavior was clearly defined. December 30, 2014 the Ministry of Transport has issued "on deepening reform of transport comments" clearly encourage Internet on the car service. But because the country lacks a clear policy of affirmative carpooling, share the legitimacy of activities and policy issues still ride the gray area.
Chang said the driver does not have a collective passenger transport operating skills, share the journey drivers pull live with nature in a passenger car-like drive private car owners and passengers barriers to entry regulations and audit did not are uniform. Furthermore, the problems of trust prevalent in society, but can also affect business development carpool.
