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London Taxi Company’s All-Electric Taxi At The Goodwood Festival Of SpeedJune 30, 2017Publication: Clean Technica, The London Taxi Company’s all-electric taxi has been tested intensely and over thousands of miles in...
Mobile & Internet TPG to invest $437m in Kakao‘s taxi-hailing unitJuly 2, 2017Publication: The Investor, A TPG-led group will invest 500 billion won ($437 million) in a new taxi-hailing service unit...
New EU court blow to Uber over French taxi caseJuly 4, 2017Publication:Reuters Uber suffered a new setback in Europe on Tuesday when a European Union court adviser said France was...
Uber presses pause on primary taxi service in Finland until 2018July 6, 2017Publication:Uber presses pause on primary taxi service in Finland until 2018, Uber is pulling its primary service out of Finland as...
TomTom and Cisco partner to create ‘next generation’ traffic monitoring techJuly 6, 2017Publication: Venture beat, Network tech titan Cisco is working with TomTom to research and develop what the two are...
London’s Iconic Black Cab Company Rebrands for Electric FutureJuly 11, 2017Publication: Bloomberg Technology, Hundreds of London’s black cabs will start appearing on the roads of Amsterdam next year, powered...
Uber, Lyft take down not just cab drivers, but also lendersJuly 15, 2017Publication: CNBC, Ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft have been so disruptive to New York City’s taxi industry,...
Elon Musk predicts the 3 biggest changes hitting the auto industry in 20 yearsJuly 17, 2017Publication: Business Insider, Tesla CEO Elon Musk listed the three biggest ways the auto industry will change in the...

Uber faces further turmoil as company president Jeff Jones quit

March 20, 2017Taxi Industry Newsletter – March 20170 Comments

Publication: The Guardian, Taxi hailing app Uber has been thrust deeper into turmoil with the departure of company president Jeff Jones, a marketing expert hired to help bolster its reputation. Jones quit less than seven months after joining the...

London Taxi Company opens £300m Coventry plant for electric cabs

March 22, 2017Taxi Industry Newsletter – March 20170 Comments

Publication: The Guardian, The London Taxi Company (LTC), maker of the London black cab, is officially opening a plant that will make electric taxis. The factory is being funded with £300m of investment from LTC’s owner, Chinese company Zhejiang...

Canada seeks to end Uber’s tax advantage over taxi companies

March 23, 2017Taxi Industry Newsletter – March 20170 Comments

Publication: Reuters, The new national budget unveiled Wednesday by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government took aim at ride-sharing providers such as Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], looking to end a tax advantage they have over traditional taxi companies....