Sentences with phrase «demand taxi company»

The on - demand taxi company made a splash in 2014 when it announced that customers could use its app to order an UberJET to fly them from Paris to the Cannes Film Festival.

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Uber's latest investment in Brazil comes just weeks after Didi Chuxing, China's largest ride - hailing company, announced it was investing more than $ 100 million in Brazilian company 99, an on - demand taxi and ride sharing service.

That may be true if you're a taxi company... but if you're a growing startup, the gig economy might be the answer to your demand spike needs.

Delphi Automotive (dlph) will launch a small test fleet of automated taxis in Singapore next year, aiming to ferry passengers around a city district in one of the first real - world tests of automated rides on demand, the company said on Monday.

In the wave of support of its campaign against Uber, the taxi association found a new opportunity to make demands of the ride - hail company.

Line, the messaging app company, has been the most successful new entrant with its Uber - like ride - hailing service, but Japanese taxi companies have adapted to the competition by bringing on - demand features their services, as the Financial Times recently reported.

The company runs a a two - wheeler service under Ola Bike, a three - wheeler service under Ola Auto and taxi cab service where it offers on - demand short distance conveyance in hatchback, sedan and luxury cars, outstation trips and rental.

People accused the company of trying to profit off the backs of the taxi drivers by taking advantage of the demand for rides.

In 1932, New York City mayor Jimmy Walker responded to the public demand for regulation with a new regulatory scheme, one that rapidly fell apart, in the later accounting of the Seabury Commission, after he took bribes from a taxi company.

Driverless taxis gained more attention when General Motors Co. in early January made a $ 500 million investment in the ride - sharing company Lyft to develop a network of autonomous, on - demand vehicles.

Realizing the demand for a water taxi service, the directors of 3 Stars Tour Ltd decided to supplement the tender company by investing in vessels for a local water taxi.

Independent operators, brokerages or dispatch services providing on - demand taxi services will be required to include taxi registration numbers, company and vehicle identification information on taxi bumpers.

More on the Uber argument: The reason the regulators prevent taxi companies from charging more during high demand periods is to prevent what they see as the evil temptation to gouge passengers at their times of greatest need.

When Uber first announced its crazy - sounding plan to explore «on - demand urban aviation» — essentially a network of flying taxis that could be hailed via a smartphone app and flown from rooftop to rooftop — the company made it clear that it never intended to go it alone.