Who is trickier than Uber: the new Juno taxi service will go the farthest in the competition for the US market

    Startup Juno , according to its founder, is Uber's most promising competitor . In the spring of 2016, Juno plans to launch in New York. Startup representatives are confident that they will be able to lure many Uber drivers to themselves. They plan to "restore justice" by offering more favorable financial terms of the partnership, as well as their shares. Juno will charge lower commissions for drivers than Uber.

    “When building his company, Uber completely forgets about the people who, in fact, do the main work, about the drivers. Imagine a company in which all employees have a bad attitude towards management - you don’t want to stay in such a company, ”says Talmon Marko, founder of Juno.

    The announcement of Uber’s competitor entering the New York market successfully coincided with a wave of protests by US drivers against changes in the financial terms of cooperation introduced by Uber in January. Dissatisfied complain that the tariff cuts imposed on them hurt their earnings.

    Taxi services use reduced rates and bonuses to attract customers. However, at the same time, a taxi service loses qualified drivers who go to competitors.

    Marco promised that Juno will try to avoid price wars, which until now have been common in this segment. “Every time Uber or Lyft lower their prices, this is done at the expense of the drivers,” explains the head of Juno.

    According to him, drivers who agree to work only with Juno will be considered as employees of this company, and not as independent contractors.
    Unlike Uber, which charges a 20% commission, Juno plans to limit it to 10%. In addition, half of Juno's shares are reserved for drivers.
    Juno seeks to establish relationships primarily with Uber drivers, demanding that they have a high rating in the Uber system. Juno pays some Uber drivers $ 25 a week, requiring them to only keep the Juno app running on their regular trips with Uber. According to Marco, this will allow the company to better know the behavioral patterns of users, especially urban traffic and other data necessary for a successful startup.
    Information about the financial condition of Juno was not disclosed, Marco only says that the startup raised several tens of millions of dollars.

    It is known that at the moment, Juno has a development team in Israel and employs more than 40 people R & D-center in Minsk. In addition, the startup rented an office in downtown Manhattan with an area of ​​about 1000 square meters.

    Juno is a new startup from the founders of Viber Talmon Marco and Igor Magazin.

    However, competition in the New York passenger transportation market is very intense, and one of Uber’s rivals, the Hailo service, admitted defeat.

    Company Lyft , Uber has successfully compete in the US market, has attracted drivers using the system and a decrease in tipping fees for taxi drivers, working full-time. A few days ago, Uber decided to follow the example of a competitor, also introducing preferential commissions for full-time taxi drivers.

    On January 22, Megamind wrote that one of the largest automakers in the world, General Motors, entered the transportation market a bit from the other side. GMlaunched the Maven ride and car sharing service. In cars, customers will be able to use 4G LTE, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

    For the first time, 21 General Motors Chevrolet Volt and Spark brands will operate in Maven. In order to use the services of Maven, users do not need to issue a paid subscription. This is a fundamental decision of the creators of the service.

    The leading automakers are doing everything possible to accelerate the transition to the production of fully self-driving cars, which, as conceived by a number of companies, will completely push out of the taxi service market in the near future.

    The gross rate of his prices in New York, which amounted to $ 26 per hour in 2012, rose to $ 39 per hour in 2015, they write"Vedomosti" with reference to Uber data. However, the fees charged by Uber have also increased. But how the net revenue of drivers has changed is not specified.

    Uber is the most expensive startup in the world - its cost is estimated at $ 62.5 billion.

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