We missed this earlier. Online cab aggregator Uber has shuttered its UberBLACK service in India, reports re/code. We’ve reached out to Uber for a response and will update if we hear from them. The report adds that Uber now offers UberGo, UberX and UberXL across its Indian cities. However, in some cities of its operations, Uber seems to offer its UberSUV option which populates cars like Toyota Innova and possibly Corolla. However, this development might have taken place as early as 2014, a year after Uber launched in India, as reported by ET. In October 2014, ET stated that Uber seemed to have dropped its fleet of BMWs, Mercedes’ and Audis, instead adding Innovas and Corollas for UberBLACK. At that time, the company plied BLACK cars on a commission basis and charged Rs 200 as minimum fare, followed by Rs 18 per km. UberBLACK was launched in Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai and currently seems to operate only in Mumbai: A website points out that usually in the US, UberBLACK offered cars like the BMW 5 and 7 Series, different classes under Mercedes, Infiniti Q70, Lexus, Audi, Jaguar, Range Rover, Porsche etc. (more details here). In India, UberSUV offers cars like Innova and Honda Mobilo. It apparently shuttered UberBLACK in Hyderabad in January 2015. Uber launched its service with UberBLACK in the US, and was typically offering black cars, a for-hire vehicle segment for luxury cars where at least 90% of customers paid by a method other than cash. Uber maintains…
