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15 facts you didn't know about Uber

December 09, 2014

Image: A smart phone displays a picture with the logo of the taxi app 'Uber'.
Photograph: Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images
 
 

'Make every trip feel like an escape' says the Uber website. Ironically, it remains to be seen how the company can get away from this controversy.

One year after it started operations in India, Uber has hit the headlines for the wrong reasons.

The Delhi government on Monday banned the company from operating services in the city after the alleged rape of a 27-year-old woman executive in a Uber cab.

Here are 15 facts you did not know about this cab service…

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