Ride-hailing firms such as Grab and Ryde have both rolled out various new features in a bid to be a ‘superapp’.
Today, another new player emerges into the saturated ride-hailing market.
Singapore-based Urge however, aims to differentiate itself by being a more holistic app. It not only offers ride-hailing services, but also food delivery, logistics, and courier services.
Urge had soft-launched its private-hire car service over the past weekend, and aims to fully launch within a month.
In terms of pricing, Urge said they do not use the dynamic pricing system.
“There is no (price) surge for high-demand times, but we will have a minimal peak-hour surcharge,” he told The New Paper.
Possibly Rolling Out Motorcycle Services In M’sia
Chief liaison officer Derrick Neo said that Urge currently has a fleet of about 100 cars plying the roads.
Urge chief operating officer Kelvin Ho said that they now have about 20 full-timers and between 50 and 80 freelancers under them now.
He added that the company aims to recruit a total of 2,000 drivers in the next three months.
According to a report by The Straits Times, Urge full-time drivers are paid a basic salary of S$2,700, and are entitled to benefits such as annual leave.
Kelvin also said that Urge had initially wanted to use motorcycles for its ride-hailing services here, but they scrapped the idea as Singapore law prohibits the use of motorcycles for point-to-point transportation services.
As such, it is possible that they will be using motorcycles for its services in Malaysia instead, which it aims to launch “concurrently” with its Singapore service.
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