Uber Plans To Kill Surge Pricing, Though Drivers Say It Makes Job Worth It

The company is researching ways to get rid of its surge pricing, a feature that drivers like but that can make costs unpredictable for consumers. The company is researching ways to get rid of its surge pricing, a feature that drivers like but that can make costs unpredictable for consumers. Sometimes you call an Uber, and what you thought would be an 8 ride is going to be two, three, even four times more -- the result of greater demand brought on by a blizzard, or a baseball game. Whatever the reason, surge pricing is not fun. It turns out Uber is working to fix it -- or, should we say, end it.