Neowin News Feed for: Taxi

Uber partners with China's WeRide to launch robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 12:44:01 +0000

Uber has launched its first international robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi with China's WeRide laying grounds for fully driverless taxis in 2025. Read more...

Uber will soon show you ads during rides, inside its app, and in many other places

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 08:32:02 +0000

Uber has launched its own media division, with which it plans to sell advertisement space inside its ride hailing and food delivery apps, as well as during rides and even on top of cars. Read more...

Waymo is starting its fully autonomous cab service in San Francisco

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 16:12:01 +0000

Waymo, Alphabet's autonomous taxi cab service, will be starting its fully autonomous rides in San Fransisco - without a safety driver. The service will initially be available for Waymo's own staff. Read more...

Uber ends rivalry and reaches a deal to list all New York City taxis on its app

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:28:01 +0000

Uber has made an agreement to integrate New York City's yellow taxi cabs on its app starting summer this year. The deal also marks the end of the rivalry between Uber and the yellow taxis of NYC. Read more...

Uber stops offering its taxi service in the ‘EU capital'

Paul Hill — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 15:52:01 +0000

Uber has stopped offering its taxi service in Brussels following a court's ban earlier this week. Uber said it was disappointed with the decision and yesterday drivers held city-wide protests. Read more...

Uber will give Brits a free trip to vaccination centres

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 16:30:01 +0000

Uber has announced that it's running a promotion where people can get free rides to vaccination centres between now and February 28. Each code does have a 4,000 limit so be sure to use it quickly. Read more...

Indian ride-hailing firm, Ola, launches in London

Paul Hill — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:34:01 +0000

The ride-hailing firm, Ola, has launched in London. Seeing Uber's experience, Ola is putting safety and driver support first and foremost. The firm is offering perks for those who sign up early. Read more...

New Google Maps feature helps protect against kidnapper taxi drivers

Paul Hill — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 17:26:01 +0000

Google has released a new feature for Google Maps in India. When you hop in a taxi, Google Maps will now alert you when your ride goes off route by 500 metres. The new feature should increase safety. Read more...

European Court of Justice says Uber is a taxi firm

Paul Hill — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:42:01 +0000

The European Court of Justice has announced that Uber will be subject to the same rules and regulations as other taxi firms operating within the European Union, contrary to what Uber wanted to hear. Read more...

Uber will stop operating in Denmark

Paul Hill — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 02:02:01 +0000

Following laws which require taxis to carry fare meters and seats sensors, Uber has decided to pull out of Denmark effective as of April 18th. Its software division in Aarhus will remain. Read more...

Call your next Uber using Facebook Messenger

Chris Schroeder — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 02:02:01 +0000

Uber's international ride-sharing service is beginning its service integration with Facebook's Messenger application today. Limited regions will have access to start. Read more...

Uber becomes legal in second Aussie jurisdiction

Boyd Chan — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:20:01 +0000

After numerous legal challenges around the world, Uber will now able to legally operate in a second Australian jurisdiction after a meeting of state government cabinet earlier today. Read more...

Uber sued again, by Canadian taxi drivers

Andrew Stevenson — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 10:28:01 +0000

Uber is being sued following its recent expansions in Canada. Following the city of Toronto's failed lawsuit, it's the taxi drivers in Toronto looking for up to C$400m in damages. Read more...

Uber to launch an in-app 'panic' button in India soon

Usama Jawad — Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:16:01 +0000

Following several allegations of Uber drivers sexually abusing their passengers, the service has now decided to launch an in-app panic button for its customers in India. Read more...

South Korea wishes to arrest and imprison Uber's CEO

Chris Schroeder — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 09:52:01 +0000

The South Korean government is outraged by Uber's service. As a result, South Korea wishes to arrest and possibly imprison Uber's CEO and Uber drivers local to South Korea. Read more...

Free WiFi in London extends to taxis as well from today

Steven Parker — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 09:31:17 +0000

One taxi company in London will today start offering free WiFI access to its full fleet of 300 taxis in London, but to get your fix on the move just be sure to hop in a Greentomatocars taxi. Read more...

New York City to get Taxi 2.0

Steven Parker — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:55:36 +0000

Cabs are to New York as freeways are to Los Angeles; that is to say, they're an integral part of the landscape and no matter how hard you try, you're going to have to engage... Read more...

Taxi 3: eXtreme Rush Demo

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:10:13 +0000

Team6 game studios sends along a playable demo for Taxi 3: eXtreme Rush, allowing you to take their urban arcade racing sequel for a spin. This demo contains a brief street race track and a... Read more...

Space Taxi 2 Announced

Thu, 27 May 2004 22:39:48 +0000

Hey, its only been twenty years, but the sequel to Space Taxi is on the way for PC gamers. The original Space Taxi game was released twenty years ago for the Commodore... Read more...

Crazy Taxi 3 demo

Marcel Klum — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 12:56:30 +0000

Empire Interactive has released a playable demo of Crazy Taxi 3, offering an opportunity to try out the console arcade racing sequel developed by Hitmaker/Sega and ported by Strangelite. This demo features the Glitter Oasis... Read more...