滴滴快車會燒光蘋果的投資嗎

Didi says it will be invested in products and new technology. But some experts say it will be needed to fuel its battle with US-based Uber for market share in China.

滴滴稱，將利用這筆資金投資產品和新技術。但是一些專家稱，這筆錢會被投入滴滴與總部位於美國的優步(Uber)爭奪中國市場份額的競爭。

China’s car-hailing wars have seen both sides spend billions of dollars funding discounts for customers and subsidies to drivers.

在中國的打車服務之戰中，雙方均支出數十億美元向顧客提供折扣，向司機提供補貼。

In March Didi’s chairman, Cheng Wei, told the website QQ Tech that the company had set aside $4bn raised since last year to spend on what he called “market fostering”. It was not clear how much of it had already been spent, though estimates based on a financial presentation made last year suggest Didi could have lost $1.4bn last year mainly on subsidies. Uber lost $1bn last year in China according to chief executive Travis Kalanick.

3月，滴滴的首席執行官程維告訴騰訊科技，該公司已經留出了自去年以來融資的40億美元，用於他所謂的“市場培育”。這筆錢已經花費了多少不得而知，不過基於去年一份財務陳述的估計認爲，滴滴去年可能虧損了14億美元，主要用於補貼。優步首席執行官特拉維斯•卡蘭尼克(Travis Kalanick)表示，優步去年在中國虧損了10億美元。

Ge Jia, an influential tech blogger, says he believes Didi may be spending more on subsidies than it lets on – Didi is three or four times the size of Uber and drivers who work for both say the rate of subsidies is roughly the same. “Didi cannot afford to lower subsidies or that will just be surrendering its users to competitors.”

有影響力的科技博主葛甲稱，他相信滴滴在補貼上的花費或許超出了準備——滴滴的規模是優步的三到四倍，爲這兩家公司工作的司機稱，雙方的補貼率差不多一樣。“滴滴承受不起較低補貼，否則就會將自己的用戶拱手讓給競爭者。”

Didi will not disclose its financial losses but a spokeswoman said it was spending less on subsidies than Uber and was breaking even in more than half of the 400 cities it operates in. “Investors wouldn’t have shown such support had we not shown them a clear path towards profitability,” she said.

滴滴不會披露其財務虧損，但是一名發言人稱，它在補貼上的花費少於優步，同時其運營的400個城市中超過半數實現了收支平衡。“如果我們沒有給投資者呈現出一條明確的盈利路線的話，他們是不會表現出如此支持的，”她表示。

As for how Apple’s money will be spent, she added: “All investments are going to be focused in product and tech innovations as we see more and more cities pass the breakeven point.”

至於蘋果的錢將如何花費，她補充稱：“隨着我們看到越來越多的城市實現收支平衡，所有投資將集中用於產品和科技創新。”