INFO LE FIGARO The California company launches on Monday, his Uberpop service, the most controversial, the onslaught of three new cities in France. Marseille, Nantes Strasbourg.
Every six months a new launch. Uber does not intend to derogate from this rule of conduct it has set. On Monday, the California company deploys its Uberpop service in three new cities in France, Marseille, Nantes and Strasbourg. After Paris, Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux, Toulouse and Nice, Uber continues its conquest of the Hexagon where it already boasts 1 million regular users.
“This is a strategic decision,” says the Le Figaro Simphal Thibaud, CEO of Uber France. The company arrived in France in 2011 to start its application that connects customers and touring car drivers (VTC). With Uberpop, she reached a new level last year. It is this time of non-professional drivers who are driving. Taxis, but also the VTC, denounce unfair competition. The Interior Ministry says it is illegal. But as long as the subject has been dealt with by a court, Uber enjoys a suspended space of time during which it conducted its strategy. Objective: to impose a new use then cause regulatory development. The company also expects its efforts to court – the Supreme Court could agree to send the matter to the Constitutional Council. – And with the European Commission
In this complicated context, the launch of three Uberpop new cities has been prepared with great care, and the most secret. The drivers that were pre-registered on the platform in recent months have been able at the last minute they could start their activities as soon as this week.
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