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...Uber has agreed to pay a A$272mn ($179mn) settlement to Australian taxi drivers to end a long-running legal dispute over its entry into the country’s market....
...A Shanghai flying taxi company says that China’s “low altitude” industry is edging ahead of western rivals, thanks to more supportive regulators, technological breakthroughs and cut-throat competition in...
...A Shanghai flying taxi company says China’s “low altitude” industry is edging ahead of western rivals thanks to more supportive regulators, tech breakthroughs and cut-throat competition....
...That does not, however, resolve the question of whether it is just a big taxi company. Yes, it generates cash. But its returns are still below that of traditional transport companies....
...The company, which provides private hire, taxi and courier services, reported a 14 per cent rise in operating profit to £14.2mn in 2023....
...A white-haired taxi driver whose dance moves at an Iranian fish market went viral has become an unlikely symbol of disobedience after authorities moved to clamp down on his act and labelled them anti-Islamic...
...The story, now covered in minute detail by Japanese media, concerns a 50-year-old taxi driver who faces as much as a year behind bars or a hefty fine for a moment of madness....
...Last month, Guangzhou-based autonomous aerial vehicle maker Ehang started to sell its air taxi on Taobao, with a price tag of Rmb2.39mn, or around $330,000....
...Baidu has expanded its fleet of autonomous taxis in the Chinese city of Wuhan, as the internet group accelerates its deployment of next generation technology....
...whips office noticed that if they could keep the government in the chamber to a nudge past midnight (when Tubes to east London stopped) they would have the last laugh as these new MPs — unable to afford taxis...
...We look forward to giving every taxi driver in the world access to Uber trips while continuing to earn the trust of our taxi partners globally.”...
...The head of the UK’s aviation regulator has called for the creation of a global common standard for flying taxis, as he forecast that air travel was on the brink of a “new revolution”....
...More on driverless taxis: Elaine Moore, the deputy head of Lex, is based in San Francisco and loved the idea of driverless taxis. That was until she got into a car that had a meltdown....
...AirAsia taxis down the Spac runway The last time Tony Fernandes was in the news, it was for posting a picture of himself receiving a shirtless massage during a company meeting....
...Spanish professor in Norway leads Notman (a habitually faithful husband) to Cádiz where, in one of the book’s wittiest passages, he tries to explain his views (he can’t speak Spanish) to a sceptical young taxi-driver...
...And if you can afford to eat in a fancy restaurant, you can surely tip the doorman who flags down a taxi for you. Aisha Amjad Dubai, UAE...
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...After three years, he moved to the copper belt where he learnt to drive and became a taxi driver....
...How does surge pricing affect the allocation of scarce resources, such as taxis on a rainy night?...
...Taxi drivers’ associations are unhappy with the government’s decision and claim that issuing new licences disrupts the system. Taxi drivers’ union Unica Filt Cgil has immediately called for a strike....
...San Francisco is set to become the first US city where driverless taxis without humans behind the wheel are free to roam the roads and carry paying passengers without restriction, following a landmark decision...
...How robotaxis work A typical driverless taxi, as in this Waymo example, uses three main types of sensor to build a 3D picture of the environment around it Lidar Transmits millions of laser pulses per...
...More than half a dozen Conservative donors featured in the most recent New Year honours list, including a knighthood for Sir John Griffin, founder of taxi company Addison Lee, who gave the party more than...
...Maybe it’s a rainy night, and everyone would like to get an underpriced taxi home, but only some people also have the option of catching a bus?...
...The company told investors in a letter this week that it was looking to raise $250mn to help fund the development of its air taxi vehicle....
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