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...Others link it to the decades-old US-Iran feud and the push by some in the regime to prohibit any “luxury” American-developed merchandise....
...“fully driverless” robotaxis in cities including Beijing and Wuhan, but Chinese officials still largely require human drivers to remotely monitor every ride, undermining the economics of a self-driving taxi...
...Additional reporting by Eung Sea A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on March 12. ©2024 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Mattel is just as enthusiastic an exploiter as any studio of its brands, which include Hot Wheels, American Girl and Barney....
...An American reader, Micah, writes: Price elasticity for rides was always high (one reason why the taxi industry itself was so fragmented); implication: raising prices across the board will cost Uber lots...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on May 24, 2023. ©2023 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Sounds about right for a taxi company. Google’s free cash flow margin? Twenty-two per cent....
...Having disrupted the music industry, books, travel, banking, taxis — you know the list by now — the Valley came for Tinseltown....
...On Thursday, the ride-hailing app and the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission announced that taxi cab drivers can soon be called through the Uber app....
...“With the market poised to grow sevenfold between 2025 and 2035, it’s important for US policymakers and industries to co-operate now to ensure American leadership in this transformative emerging sector,”...
...The NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) in 2018 capped the number of Uber and Lyft vehicles that could operate in the city in response to rising congestion and concerns about drivers’ wages....
...Under the New York system, the city’s taxi and limousine commission fixes the number of medallions....
...The key question is whether his car will be a product of European — or more likely of Chinese or American invention. The Internet of (Four) Things 1....
...Grab began its journey in Malaysia first as a ride-hailing platform for taxis and private cars....
...I’d flown to Pristina in Kosovo, then taken a three-hour taxi west, rain turning to snow as we drove....
...American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic and aircraft leasing group Avolon have made preliminary commitments to buy up to 1,000 electric air taxis from a British start-up in the biggest sign of a radical shift...
...Lyft is a one-dimensional company compared to Uber, serving the US market and focusing on taxi services, while its rival is international and is tackling food and grocery deliveries as well....
...Mr Gadowski is also an investor in Grow, a Latin American scooter start-up, and through his Team Europe venture has backed a range of other companies including flying taxi start-up Volocopter....
...Closer to Earth and much greener, Sylvia Pfeifer reports American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic and aircraft leasing group Avolon have made preliminary commitments to buy up to 1,000 electric air taxis from...
...That pales in comparison with the 76 per cent of Americans able to connect to 5G and even higher rates in some parts of Asia, such as South Korea where it is 93 per cent, according to Analysys Mason research...
...“It’s like Uber trying to disrupt the taxi industry by working with the taxis,” said Michael Arrington, the founder of the TechCrunch news site and now at a $100m cryptocurrency hedge fund....
...“My first reaction is: so Uber is becoming a taxi system.”...
...Juno sued the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission in the hope of delaying the law to no avail. So much for being driver-friendly....
...Several members of the family, including the twins, became formidable forces in American tech....
...Critics, including unions and leftwing politicians, have attacked it for providing drivers with an income well below that of traditional taxi drivers....
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