Marti’s Ride-Hailing Service Reaches Over 1,100,000 Riders and Over 170,000 Registered Drivers, Exceeding June 30, 2024 Targets of Over 1,000,000 Riders and Over 165,000 Registered Drivers
July 01 2024 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Marti sets September 30, 2024 targets for over 1,300,000
riders and over 190,000 registered drivers
Marti Technologies, Inc. (“Marti” or the “Company”) (NYSE
American: MRT), Türkiye’s leading mobility super app and only
multi-modal urban mobility provider, announced today that as of
June 30, 2024, Marti’s ride-hailing service has reached over
1,100,000 riders and over 170,000 registered drivers, exceeding the
June 30, 2024 targets of over 1,000,000 riders and 165,000
registered drivers.
Marti’s number of ride-hailing riders grew 121% from December
31, 2023 to June 30, 2024. The number of registered drivers grew
60% during the same time period. The fast growth in both the
rider and driver sides of Marti’s ride-hailing marketplace
demonstrates the strong need for the service across Türkiye. The
service intends to provide readily available, safe, and affordable
rides for riders, while providing economic opportunities for
drivers across the income spectrum.
Encouraged by the growth in the rider and driver bases of its
ride-hailing business, Marti has set targets for over 1,300,000
riders and over 190,000 registered drivers by September 30,
2024.
Of Marti’s over 170,000 registered drivers, over 141,000 are
in Türkiye’s largest city, Istanbul. This is in contrast to 19,845
taxis serving the city. With 7.1 times as many registered drivers
as taxis serving the city of Istanbul, Marti is able to offer
widespread availability across the city. Furthermore, Marti’s
drivers undergo formal background checks before acceptance onto the
service, thereby contributing to rider safety. The average rating
of Marti’s ride-hailing drivers by riders is 4.8 out of 5
stars.
Marti currently does not enable online payment for the service
over its app, or charge a fee for the service.
McKinsey & Company, a consultancy group, estimates the
taxi market size in Türkiye at $9 billion to $12 billion as of
2021. Further, under the “Disruptive Scenario 2030”, ride-hailing
is expected to increase the size of the taxi market by offering
cheaper and more convenient rides. McKinsey & Company estimates
the potential size of the Turkish ride-hailing market in 2030 at
$15 billion to $20 billion(*).
(*) Expectations and targets are not necessarily indicative of
future attainment.
About Marti:
Founded in 2018, Marti is Türkiye’s leading mobility app,
offering multiple transportation services to its riders. Marti
operates a ride-hailing service that matches riders with car,
motorcycle, and taxi drivers, and operates a large fleet of rental
e-mopeds, e-bikes, and e-scooters. All of Marti’s offerings are
serviced by proprietary software systems and IoT infrastructure.
For more information, visit www.marti.tech.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, also known as the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Any express or implied statements contained in this press
release that are not statements of historical fact and generally
relate to future events, hopes, intentions, strategies, or
performance may be deemed to be forward-looking statements,
including but without limitation statements regarding the
anticipated growth, including the number of riders and registered
drivers of the ride-hailing business, the ride-hailing targets by
September 30, 2024, and the expected future performance and market
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variety of factors, including without limitation changes in the
competitive and highly regulated industries in which we plan to
operate, variations in competitors’ performance and success and
changes in laws and regulations affecting our business, (vi) our
ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other
expectations, and identify opportunities, (vii) the risk of
downturns in the highly competitive tech-enabled mobility services
industry, (viii) our ability to build our brand and consumers’
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use of certain intellectual property and technology and (xii) and
other important factors and risks discussed under the caption “Risk
Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 16, 2024,
as such factors and risks may be updated from time to time in the
Company’s other filings with the SEC, accessible on the SEC’s
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Company’s website at https://ir.marti.tech. Any investors should
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