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Year of inefficiency

29 November 2017 By Robert Cyran

The ride-hailing app’s 2017 goal was to grow while minimizing subsidies and cash burn. Instead, quarterly losses accelerated to nearly $1.5 bln. Uber faces a slew of problems, but has yet to answer a basic existential question: can it develop a sustainable business model?

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