Why Do Online Car-Hailing Drivers Refuse to Turn on Air Conditioners? Disputes and Drivers' Complaints
TapTechNews July 6th news, today the Weibo topic "Why do online car-hailing drivers refuse to turn on the air conditioner" went viral on the hot search list. As of the TapTechNews' release time, the relevant hot search ranked 10th on the list and 2nd on the real-time popularity list, with a reading volume of 9.932 million.
It is known that since the onset of summer, disputes caused by online car-hailing "refusing to turn on the air conditioner" and "requiring additional money to turn on the air conditioner" have continued. In some places, due to the increase in extremely hot weather and the continuous rise in oil prices, the "air conditioning fee" contradiction between online car-hailing and passengers has become more prominent.
Yesterday, "The driver wrapped the plastic film around the driver's seat to prevent passengers from blowing the air conditioner" went viral on the topic. Some netizens said that when they took an online car-hailing, with an outdoor temperature of 91.4°Fahrenheit (33°Celsius), the driver carefully wrapped the plastic film on the driver's seat and sealed himself and the air conditioner together. Except for the driver's side window, all other windows were opened.
In this regard, the media "Worker's Daily" interviewed online car-hailing drivers. Liu, a 38-year-old online car-hailing driver in Chongqing, said that he was often assigned discounted express car orders by the platform. "A single order of 5 kilometers is priced at $1.65, if I have to turn on the air conditioner, then it's almost like I'm running for nothing".
Many drivers in the interview said that turning on the air conditioner would cost at least $3 a day in fuel, which would be $180 a month. If the car has a large displacement, it would cost more than $160 a month; coupled with the high commission rate of the platform, and often receiving the "discounted express car" and "fixed price" orders unilaterally carried out by the platform, if the air conditioner is turned on, it will lead to a loss-making order.