Didi Chuxing

China’s Cyberspace Administration (CAC) ordered the country’s app stores to remove taxi-booking app Didi Chuxing after an investigation found it illegally collected customers’ personal information.

Didi Chuxing, China’s largest taxi-booking platform, began testing autonomous cars connected to a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) network in parts of Shanghai.

Taxi-hailing app Didi Chuxing’s App Store downloads plummeted in the wake of allegations one of the company’s drivers murdered a passenger.

Didi Chuxing, the largest taxi-booking app in China, and SoftBank established a joint venture with plans to pilot a free platform for cab companies in Japan.

Three major car manufacturers in China – FAW Group, Chongqing Changan Automobile and Dongfeng Motor – established a joint venture to develop a taxi-booking platform and autonomous vehicle technologies.

Travel company Booking Holdings invested $500 million in taxi hailing app service provider Didi Chuxing as part of a strategic partnership which will see the two parties integrate some of their services.

Didi Chuxing, the most popular taxi booking platform in China, plans to open a new research centre focusing on artificial intelligence (AI), as it faces rising competition from local newcomers and pushes to expand abroad.