Big Taxi-App-Deal in China? Taxi Times Update 2015-02-23

What`s new in the taxi world? Our bilingual ‘update’ summarises the international news of the last days and hours. As some of the links are in foreign languages, we recommend using a website translator.

International News

Big deal in China? The country`s two biggest taxi-calling apps are reportedly considering a merger.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/13/kuaidi-didi-dache/

Green light for E-taxis: The Chinese-owned London Taxi Company has been given the go-ahead to build a new 300 million U.S. dollars British headquarters and production factory with the aim of launching a zero-emission electric powered London taxi by 2018.

http://www.china.org.cn/world/Off_the_Wire/2015-02/19/content_34856363.htm

Green taxi fleet to hit Scotlands Dundee’s streets: Over the next 12 months 203020 boss David Young will gradually replace his entire 60-strong taxi fleet of wheelchair-friendly vehicles with electric cars.

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/green-taxi-fleet-to-hit-dundee-s-streets-1.839275

Uber gets a second shot in Spain: Uber still can’t operate as a car-hailing service in Spain after being banned last year. The San Francisco-based company has just launched UberEats – a food delivery for Barcelona.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/21/uber-pizza-delivery-service-ubereats

News from Germany

Cashless service: Passengers of the Osnabrück utilities company can now use their mobility cards pay for taxis.

http://www.newstix.de/index.php?site=actual&ref=RSS&entmsg=true&mid=27629

One punch too many: Why a passenger is going to prison for six months after assaulting a taxi driver.

http://www.merkur-online.de/lokales/bad-toelz/bad-toelz/taxifahrer-geschlagen-sechs-monate-gefaengnis-4749404.html