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Uber Efficiency Cited As Major Asset
- IT Pro, Monday, July 6, 2015 12:30 PM
The war between Uber and taxi drivers across Europe may be ongoing, but the outcome is a fait accompli, according to France's digital champion, Gilles Babinet. Babinet, himself a serial entrepreneur, told delegates at the Hack4Europe conference in Paris: "Think about this: an average taxi is in commercial usage 45 per cent of its time, which means that 55 per cent is just waiting for a client." "Do you know how much is the ratio of usage for an Uber car? It's 85 per cent and just because of this they are going to win. Whatever we do, whatever the regulations we try to put in place, just because it is hugely efficient. It cannot be beaten by any type of regulation," he said.
