Uber a solid step in expanding diversified business: launching courier service

　The private car rides the service provider Uber to expand the diversification management to take another solid step. The company will launch a courier service in Manhattan, New York, in Tuesday.

The service, called UberRUSH, can help customers deliver small parcels, usually within an hour. As with traditional courier services, Uber courier services to consumers through walking or bicycles, the cost is 15 U.S. dollars to 30 U.S. dollars, the specific charges to see delivery distance.

UberRUSH service time is seven days a week 24 hours, that is, All-weather service. The service range is currently confined to Manhattan but plans to expand to other cities in the United States in the future. According to CNBC, the US financial media, UberRUSH will also provide the sender and the recipient with services to track the progress of the parcels.

Uber has tried a lot in the field of express delivery, and the company has been delivering ice cream, Valentine's Day roses and Christmas trees.

Last December, Uber CEO Travis Kalanik (Travis Kalanick) said the company was not content with providing taxi services and would be involved in logistics operations in the future. "At the moment, we are able to deliver the car in five minutes," Kalanik said at the time. Once you can send a car in five minutes, you can do a lot of other things in five minutes. ”