Senmiao Technology Announces Ride-Hailing Platform Operating Metrics for December 2023

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    CHENGDU, China, Jan. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Senmiao Technology Limited ("Senmiao" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: AIHS), a financing and servicing company focused on the online ride-hailing industry in China as well as an operator of its own online ride-hailing platform, today announced the operating metrics for its proprietary online ride-hailing platform for the month of December 2023. In December 2023, Senmiao and its affiliates recorded approximately 0.55 million total completed orders, a 13.6% increase from 0.48 million total orders completed in November 2023. The increase was primarily a result of the recent strategic cooperation with Anhui Lianma Technology ("Lianma")

    Numbers reported include the number of completed orders from several ride-hailing platform partners in Chengdu, utilizing Senmiao’s network of cars and drivers for a set monthly fee.

    Since the launch of Senmiao’s online ride-hailing platform in October 2020, more than 26.2 million rides have been completed using its own platform. Approximately 9.2 million rides have been completed on several platforms in partnership with Senmiao under the new model3. The number of drivers completing rides via all the platforms (known as Active Drivers) in December 2023 was 5,127, compared to 5,240 in November 2023. 

    Starting 2024, Senmiao will begin providing operating metric updates on its online ride-hailing business on a quarterly basis as part of its financial result disclosures. 

    The table below presents approximate unaudited operating metrics of Senmiao and its affiliates’ online ride-hailing platform since the launch in October 2020. 

    Completed
    Orders under
    Original Model
    1

    (in 000s)

    Completed
    Orders under
    New Model
    2, 3
     (in 000s)

    Total Completed
    Orders

    (in 000s)

    Total Fares
    Paid by Riders

    (in 000s USD$)

    Active
    Drivers

    Oct-Dec 2020

    1,318

    1,318

    4,039

    N/A

    Jan-Dec 2021

    13,360

    2,485

    15,845

    49,505

    N/A

    Jan 2022

    455

    492

    947

    3,413

    7,085

    Feb 2022

    344

    371

    715

    2,651

    6,008

    Mar 2022

    534

    480

    1,014

    3,660

    7,091

    Apr 2022

    502

    369

    871

    3,009

    6,095

    May 2022

    581

    357

    938

    3,286

    5,989

    June 2022

    602

    319

    921

    3,290

    5,862

    July 2022

    636

    337

    973

    3,504

    5,928

    Aug 2022

    617

    400

    1,017

    3,583

    6,778

    Sept 2022

    414

    114

    528

    1,712

    6,030

    Oct 2022

    600

    306

    906

    2,794

    7,574

    Nov 2022

    456

    298

    754

    2,267

    7,019

    Dec 2022

    390

    267

    657

    1,973

    6,682

    Jan 2023

    338

    239

    577

    1,928

    4,830

    Feb 2023

    460

    276

    736

    2,328

    5,973

    Mar 2023

    522

    313

    835

    2,614

    7,092

    Apr 2023

    600

    256

    856

    2,748

    7,422

    May 2023

    538

    229

    767

    2,449

    7,470

    June 2023

    524

    216

    740

    2,322

    6,891

    July 2023

    440

    250

    690

    2,205

    5,815

    Aug 2023

    384

    233

    617

    1,962

    5,412

    Sept 2023

    405

    201

    606

    1,892

    6,065

    Oct 2023

    399

    170

    569

    1,731

    5,903

    Nov 2023

    359

    125

    484

    1,448

    5,240

    Dec 2023

    456

    94

    550

    1,663

    5,127

    Cumulative

    26,234

    9,197

    35,431

    113,976

    N/A

    1 Under the original model, orders coming from partner platforms are completed by Senmiao’s own platform. A rider can search for taxi/ride-hailing services on Senmiao’s partner platforms, which then provide the rider with options for online ride-sharing service providers, including Senmiao. If the rider selects Senmiao, the order will then be distributed to registered drivers on Senmiao’s own platform for viewing and acceptance and then completed by Active Drivers. Senmiao earns commissions for each completed order based on a certain percentage of the value of the order. Since December 2023, Lianma is responsible for the comprehensive operation of Senmiao’s platform under this model.

    2 Under the new model, orders go through partner platforms but do not utilize Senmiao’s own platform. Online ride-hailing requests and orders will be completed on the partner platforms utilizing Senmiao and its affiliates’ network of cars and drivers for a set monthly fee.

    3 New model commenced in August 2021.

    About Senmiao Technology Limited

    Headquartered in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Senmiao provides automobile transaction and related services including sales of automobiles, facilitation and services for automobile purchases and financing, management, operating leases, guarantees and other automobile transaction services, as well as operates its own ride-hailing platform aimed principally at the growing online ride-hailing market in Senmiao’s areas of operation in China. For more information about Senmiao, please visit: http://www.senmiaotech.com. Senmiao routinely provides important updates on its website.

    Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 

    This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements (including those relating to the operation of Senmiao’s ride-hailing platform) are subject to significant risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those detailed from time to time in the Senmiao’s filings with the SEC, and represent Senmiao’s views only as of the date they are made and should not be relied upon as representing Senmiao’s views as of any subsequent date. Senmiao undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in events or circumstances. 

    For more information, please contact:

    At the Company:
    Yiye Zhou
    Email: edom333@ihongsen.com
    Phone: +86 28 6155 4399

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