After five months in the country, the conflict-ridden ride-sharing app Uber has released its first official figures, stating that it has “more than” 1,000 drivers and 29,000 users. Uber arrived to the City of Buenos Aires back in April and ever since then, it’s been anything but a smooth ride. Mi primer viaje en @Uber en Buenos Aires. pic.twitter.com/FAfFOyu0nC — Arantxa Escribano (@aranzs) August 31, 2016My first Uber trip in Buenos Aires. However, the initiative, which would have modified the law regulating taxi services, did not go down well with the Chamber of Radio Taxis (CAR) because it considered that it would automatically bankrupt small taxi companies and nationalize taxi services.

Source: The Bubble September 01, 2016 20:15 UTC