Senmiao Technology Announces Ride-Hailing Platform Operating Metrics for January 2022

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    CHENGDU, China, Feb. 11, 2022 /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 January 2022. In January 2022, Senmiao reported over 0.9 million total completed orders, a 10.9% decrease from approximately 1.1 million total orders completed in December 2021, as a result of pandemic-related travel restrictions that impacted tourism in Senmiao’s key cities such as Chengdu, Changsha and Guangzhou. Seasonality driven by the Lunar New Year holiday in China was also behind the decrease. The number of completed rides decreased in the weeks before and after the national holiday on February 1, 2022, which is expected to also impact the number of completed orders in February 2022. Numbers reported since August 2021 include the number of completed orders from Meituan’s ride-hailing platform (“the Major Platform”) 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, approximately 15.1 million rides have been completed using its platform. Approximately 3.0 million rides have been completed on the Major Platform under Senmiao’s new partnership with Meituan, which commenced in August 2021. The number of drivers completing rides via the platform (known as Active Drivers) in January 2022 was 7,085, a decrease of approximately 10% from that of December 2021.

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

    Completed
    Orders under
    Old Model
    [1]

    (in 000s)

    Completed
    Orders under
    New Model
    [2] 
    (in 000s)

    Total
    Completed
    Orders

    (in 000s)

    Total Fares Paid
    by Riders

    (in 000s USD$)

    Active
    Drivers

    Oct 2020

    161

    161

    531

    1,800

    Nov 2020

    537

    537

    1,646

    3,400

    Dec 2020

    620

    620

    1,862

    5,000

    Jan 2021

    910

    910

    2,626

    8,300

    Feb 2021

    710

    710

    2,164

    7,000

    Mar 2021

    1,540

    1,540

    4,492

    11,500

    Apr 2021

    1,790

    1,790

    5,332

    16,500

    May 2021

    2,154

    2,154

    6,376

    18,000

    Jun 2021

    2,068

    2,068

    6,193

    18,500

    Jul 2021

    1,659

    1,659

    4,864

    16,400

    Aug 2021

    530

    432

    962

    3,001

    6,073

    Sep 2021

    540

    480

    1,020

    3,653

    7,519

    Oct 2021

    531

    505

    1,036

    3,780

    7,010

    Nov 2021

    436

    497

    933

    3,236

    7,480

    Dec 2021

    492

    571

    1,063

    3,788

    7,845

    Jan 2022

    455

    492

    947

    3,413

    7,085

    Cumulative

    15,133

    2,977

    18,110

    56,957

    N/A

    [1] Under the old model, a rider can search for taxi/ride-hailing services on a Senmiao partner’s platform, which then
    provides 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 platform for viewing and acceptance.
    Senmiao earns commissions for each completed order based on a certain percentage of the value of the order.

    [2] Under the new model, online ride-hailing requests and orders will be completed on the partner’s platform utilizing
    Senmiao’s network of cars and drivers for a set monthly fee.

    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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