Uber hit its 10 billionth trip just over a year after it completed its five billionth and the company said that the 173 trips occurred in more than 21 countries and five continents. The year Uber spent doubling its trip count was also marred by a lot of issues, some of which continue to plague the company.
Ride-sharing is now part of our daily lives and Uber the pioneer and market leader in the business announced that on June 10th, 173 trips and deliveries that began simultaneously pushed the company past a record of 10 billion completed trips.
According to TechCrunch, it has been sued and investigated for gender and race discrimination, revealed a data breach that it at one point worked to hide, was sued over the data breach, issued layoffs and replaced its CEO.
Rival Lyft, which launched its first international service in December, hit one million rides per day last July and 500 million rides total in October.
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