優步CEO稱滴滴快的補貼過多 負擔過重
Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick launched the latest salvo in his company’s battle with for supremacy in China yesterday, insisting that the ride-hailing company could outlast local rival Didi Kuaidi because of its huge balance sheets and more efficient spending practices.
優步(Uber)首席執行官特拉維斯慍灓尼克(Travis Kalanick)昨日爲該公司在中國的霸主之爭發起最新攻勢，堅稱優步可以比本土對手滴滴快的(Didi Kuaidi)堅持更久，因爲優步擁有龐大的資產負債表，而且在支出上效率更高。
Mr Kalanick accused Didi of being overburdened with lossmaking subsidies to the tune of $70m-$80m per week, which would represent about $4bn over the course of a year. “It’s not how much you spend, it’s how efficiently you spend,” he said, arguing that Uber spent less on driver subsidies per ride than Didi because of a more efficient structure.
卡蘭尼克聲稱滴滴虧損負擔過重，每週需要補貼7000萬至8000萬美元，這樣下去一年就是大約40億美元。他說：“關鍵不在於你花了多少錢，而是你花錢的效率。”他表示優步在每一單上給司機的補貼少於滴滴，因爲優步的結構效率更高。
Didi rejected Mr Kalanick’s figures, saying that Uber “is being wildly creative about our numbers”, insisting that it was more efficient than its US competitor because it had more riders and drivers.
滴滴否認了卡蘭尼克提出的數據，表示優步“對我們的補貼數字擁有瘋狂的創造力”，並堅稱自己比美國對手更高效，因爲滴滴擁有更多乘客和司機。
“Didi holds over 80 per cent of the market, which means our competitor has to bleed subsidies to make up for inadequate numbers of riders and drivers,” the Chinese group said.
這家中國集團表示：“滴滴擁有80%的市場，這意味着我們的競爭對手必須在補貼上投入巨大，以彌補乘客和司機數量的不足。”
Mr Kalanick’s broadside is the latest in a long-running feud between the two companies, which have been bitter competitors since Didi was created out of a merger of China’s two largest ride-hailing apps last February.
卡蘭尼克此番猛烈抨擊再一次顯示了兩家公司的長期爭鬥，自從去年2月中國兩大打車應用合併成滴滴快的後，與優步的競爭變得更爲激烈。
Investors continue to plough money into taxi-app companies. Uber China, which operates as a separate entity, was valued at $7bn last September before it raised a further $1.2bn.
投資者繼續對打車應用公司投入資金。優步中國(Uber China)作爲一個獨立運營實體，去年9月估值達70億美元，隨後又融資12億美元。
Didi said that it was worth more than $16bn after its most recent funding round.
滴滴表示最近一輪融資結束後，滴滴估值已超過160億美元。
Neither Uber nor Didi disclosed how much they spent subsidising drivers and riders. But both companies have invested about $1bn in the past year in China, much of which has been for that purpose.
無論優步還是滴滴都沒有透露它們對司機和乘客的具體補貼數字。但兩家公司過去一年在中國投入了大約10億美元，其中很大一部分作此用途。
Mr Kalanick, who was in Beijing to sign a partnership with travel and logistics provider HNA Group, which owns Hainan Airlines, said that Uber would invest more in China.
卡蘭尼克昨日在北京與旅遊和物流供應商海航集團(HNA Group)簽訂了合作協議，他表示優步將對中國加大投資。海航集團旗下擁有海南航空(Hainan Airlines)。
“We have lots of cities around the world that are profitable and look forward to investing those profits in China,” he said.
他說：“我們在全球許多城市都是盈利的，現在我們正期待將這些利潤投入到中國。”
