Online cab booking service Uber has launched intercity services, starting with shuttle services between Mumbai and Pune. The service, named uberINTERCITY, will be offered for a limited time ‘until further notice’. Furthermore, customers will be required to have a balance of Rs 3,999 in their PayTM wallets to request a cab, which is the cost of the service. Uber mentions the uberINTERCITY option is available to users in Pune and Mumbai in the coverage areas. However tapping on this option only showed us “No cars available” repeatedly, no matter where in Pune or Mumbai we set the pickup point to. We wonder if the service is overbooked, or if Uber has a paucity of cars for some reason. Other than this, users will also be able to split the fare with others if they wish to do so. Users can split fares…
