On June 1, according to the news from new horizons of phoenix.com, Didi's internal incubation project "Honghu" has developed at least 50 driver side apps such as smart travel and Tonggang travel to access the main transport capacity pool. "The driver side is the same set of codes, packaged into multiple driver side apps, and displays different platform information according to different travel enterprises." A member of "Honghu" also confirmed this to phoenix.com's "new horizon".
"Honghu" has transferred nearly half of the members of the huaxiaozhu team. Products, R & D, etc. are all huaxiaozhu members, providing b-end services and specialized access to third-party transport capacity. According to new horizons of phoenix.com, the first stage of "Honghu" is in December 2020; The second batch has been accessed by nearly 80 online car Hailing enterprises from June 2021 to the end of 2020; Since March 2022, the third batch of "Hua Xiao Zhu" aggregation taxi mode has been semi open, and nearly 90 third-party transport capacity have been accessed so far.
Phoenix graphics: nearly 90 suppliers accessed by huaxiaozhu
According to the actual measurement of new horizon, a third-party supplier connected to huaxiaozhu, such as smart travel, can get a taxi from this supplier in Guangzhou, although it does not appear in Didi's agreement.
Phoenix.com's new horizons found that the download links of the smart trip in Kaicheng, Zhuhai on May 26 included Didi's domain name( https://z.didi.cn/pCF6HClD4OnE ) , even the authorized party of driver registration is Hua Xiaozhu. The driver side pages and copywriting of smart travel and Tonggang taxi Hailing are exactly the same. The online taxi Hailing companies in different cities are all located in didi Wanliu building.
The first batch of 18 transport capacity connected are only cooperative relationships, only connected to the huaxiaozhu aggregation taxi entrance, but not disclosed. The second batch has adopted a mixed mode since June, including both apps supported by huaxiaozhu and pure third-party transport capacity. The third batch is after 2022, when "Honghu" occupies a dominant position. Most of the third-party transport capacity accessed at this stage are unknown small suppliers. Most of these companies have not uploaded data to the Ministry of transport for half a year, and they also frequently face regulatory punishment accidents in various regions.
Industry insiders speculate that the more than 50 "Honghu" apps are all Didi's vests, just like the flower piglets that first hid under the water.