8月1日，滴滴出行官方宣布收购Uber中国，双方将互相持股，Uber将持有滴滴5.89%的股权，相当于17.7%的经济权益，Uber中国的其余中国股东将获得合计2.3%的经济权益。同时，滴滴出行创始人兼董事长程维将加入Uber全球董事会；卡兰尼克也将加入滴滴出行董事会。
在滴滴出行发布收购Uber中国的消息后，Uber创始人兼CEO特拉维斯·卡兰尼克（Travis Kalanick）在Facebook上公开了发给Uber中国全体员工的邮件内容。
卡兰尼克称，Uber中国并入滴滴后，Uber将成为滴滴第一大股东，持有滴滴20%的股份。根据此前报道，20%的股份为经济权益。
邮件中提到，三年前Uber考察团首次进入中国市场，并在2014年2月正式进入中国，在经过2年多的发展，Uber目前在中国拥有800名员工，在60个城市开展专车业务，每周完成超过4000万次的出行订单。
卡兰尼克称,中国市场很具有挑战性，并且是多个美国互联网巨头都无法征服的过度。Uber中国和滴滴的合并，使双方成为伙伴，为未来城市交通的创新释放了大量的资源，以实现从自动驾驶技术到食品和物流的创新。
以下为卡兰尼克的邮件译文：
关于Uber中国和滴滴的合并，我给Uber中国团队发过一封电子邮件。我想在这里分享这一内容，这是我作为一名企业家经历过最有意义的事情之一。
Uber中国团队，我想让你们知道，我们已经达成了Uber中国和滴滴合并的协议。Uber中国将获得合并后公司20％的股权，并成为最大的股东。让我来解释一下我们为什么要这样做。
三 年前，我们成立了一个小组到北京，去探查我们在中国究竟该如何扩展业务。这是一个大胆的想法，尤其是那时Uber仍然还是一家很小的初创企业，那时在中国 甚至还没有人曾经听说过我们。而且，我们每次讨论有关进军中国努力的时候，大部分人都认为我们过于天真，疯狂，或两者兼而有之。但是，我们看问题的角度不 同，当然。中国蕴藏着惊人的机会，是一个令人鼓舞的国家。世界上大部分的大城市都在中国，其对交通方式创新的渴求是独一无二的。Uber在中国的使命- “运输成为自来水一样的可靠服务，随时随地为所有人服务。”获得了强烈的共鸣。
成为一个企业家，意味着你自然成为一个探险爱好者，去做大家 都认为不可能的事情，对未知抱有乐观的信念。滴滴成立两年后，Uber在2014年2月进入了这个未知的领域。我们进入了大多数美国互联网公司折戟沉沙的 国度，那时我们是一个来自美国的不成熟业务模式，产品也需要重建。如今Uber中国已经是Uber开创的最完整的业务模式之一，因为我们不得不一切从头开始。
推出短短两年多，我们在中国已经扩展到了60个城市，每周提供超过4000万驾次的服务。我们的团队现在已经超过800人，为他们的城 市提供最好的服务。我们对招聘的理念一直是寻找最好中的最好，我们在中国取得令人难以置信的成功是因为大家的努力。你们是最聪明和最有能力的中华儿女，你 们的使命一直是为每一个中国城市建设创新的交通系统，并服务于这些城市和这些城市的人民。
在北京和中国各地的创业社区，我们的员工和我们的系统已经为中国的科技公司树立黄金标杆。你们的努力 - 以及在旧金山中国工程和产品团队的努力 - 不仅鼓舞了我们全球数千名员工，也对我个人产生了巨大鼓舞。
但 是，作为一个企业家，我已经了解到，成功除了要尽可能随心而动，还要尽力遵从理智。为中国城市以及依赖于Uber的司机和用户继续提供服务，只有在盈利的 情况下才有可能。此次合并为完成Uber和滴滴的共同使命铺平了道路。它为未来城市交通的创新释放了大量的资源，从自动驾驶技术到食品和物流的创新。
我们的中国经验使Uber成为一个更好、更强的公司。滴滴是一个凶狠的竞争对手，我尊重滴滴和他们团队已经取得的成果。 Uber中国随着你的努力成为一个传奇。在这不平凡的中国旅程之中，与你们工作和学习是我生命中最重要的经历之一。
我 要感谢Yanqi，Kate，Gang，Cleo，Zhen，Allen和整个Uber中国团队，让我们取得了目前的成功。同样非常感谢Han、 Vinay和Pedram所领导的Uber中国产品和工程团队，感谢他们的勤劳和创造。中国对我们来说是一次豪赌，我对我们已经取得的一切感到无比的自 豪。我在全体员工大会上与你们探讨我们未来的征程，以及我们将如何与我们的新伙伴为中国城市合作提供服务。请继续关注大会的确切时间，Allen不久之后 会发送新的信息。
热爱Uber中国的，
Travis
以下为 Travis Kalanick 发布的Facebook原文：
I sent an email to my UberChina team regarding the merger of UberChina and Didi. I thought I would share here on the news and what has been one of the most rewarding experiences I've had as an entrepreneur.
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Team,
I wanted to let you know that we have reached an agreement to merge UberChina with Didi Chuxing. UberChina's value will represent a 20% stake in the combined entity with Uber being Didi's largest shareholder.
Let me explain why we are doing this.
Three years ago, a small group of us went on a scouting mission to Beijing to see how we could expand into China.
It was a big, bold idea, especially given that Uber was still a relatively small start-up and no one in China had ever even heard of us. And of course, anytime we got into a discussion about our efforts in China, most people thought we were naive, crazy – or both. We saw things differently of course. China is an inspiring country with astonishing opportunity. Many of the world’s mega cities are Chinese, and their thirst for transportation innovation is second to none. Uber’s mission to make “transportation as reliable as running water, everywhere for everyone” resonates especially strongly in China.
Being an entrepreneur means you are an explorer by nature, doing what everyone thinks is impossible but with an optimistic perspective on the unknown. Uber entered this uncharted territory in February 2014, two years after Didi was founded. We were a young American business entering a country where most US internet companies had failed to crack the code, and with a product that needed rebuilding. Our China effort has been one of Uber's most entrepreneurial because we literally had to start from scratch.
Since launching just over two years ago, we have expanded to over 60 cities in China and we are serving over 40 million rides per week. Our team is now 800 strong, nobly serving their cities. Our philosophy on people has always been to hire the best of the best and our incredible success in China is due to all of you. You are the smartest and most entrepreneurial sons and daughters of China whose mission has been to build a transportation system in every Chinese city, and to serve those cities and to serve the people.
In the startup community in Beijing and across China, our people and our systems for empowering them have set the gold standard for Chinese technology companies. Your efforts -- and the efforts of our China engineering and product teams back in San Francisco -- have not only been been an inspiration to our thousands of employees globally but to me personally.
However, as an entrepreneur, I’ve learned that being successful is about listening to your head as much as following your heart. Sustainably serving China’s cities, and the riders and drivers who live in them, is only possible with profitability. This merger paves the way for our team and Didi’s to partner on an enormous mission, and it frees up a substantial resources for bold initiatives focused on the future of cities -- from self-driving technology to the future of food and logistics.
Uber is a better, stronger company because of our China experience. Didi has been a fierce competitor and I respect all that Didi and their team have accomplished. UberChina certainly rose to the occasion and your hustle and work ethic is the stuff of legend. Working with and learning from all of you in this remarkable China journey has been one of the great experiences in my life.
I want to thank Yanqi, Kate, Gang, Cleo, Zhen, Allen and the entire UberChina team for getting us to this point. A big shout out as well to our UberChina product and engineering team, led by Han, Vinay and Pedram, for all their hard work and creativity. China was a big bet for us and I’m incredibly proud of everything we have achieved. I will be doing an All Hands to talk to you all about our new journey forward, and how we will work with our new partner in serving China and her cities. Stay tuned for the exact time--Allen will send a note around shortly.
With much UberChina love,
Travis
责任编辑：刘万睿
