Paris: Spectacular jewel robbery from a Taxi Taxi Times Update 2015-04-20

Thieves stole more than $5 million worth of Chanel jewels in a Paris taxi: An art collector was robbed while travelling by taxi through a long tunnel between the city and Charles De Gaulle Airport.

http://news.sky.com/story/1466287/jewel-thieves-in-paris-smash-and-grab-raid

Uber drivers to display advertising on tablets: A U.S. start-up is planning to cooperate with Uber in the U.S., Lyft and Sidecar drivers on a scheme that will help them earn more money.

http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/startup-plans-sell-advertising-uber-and-lyft-cars-164044

Quote of the day

“The cantonal legal basis must be fundamentally revised.”

Pierre Maudet, city councillor of Geneva, would like for Uber and taxis to be able to compete fairly alongside one another in the future.

http://www.blick.ch/news/wirtschaft/dank-neuem-gesetz-uber-soll-in-genf-legal-werden-id3668874.html

Automobile news

The new Golf Estate: Volkswagen has presented the revised Golf Variant to the German press.

http://www.auto-medienportal.net/artikel/detail/30511/

News from Germany

50/50 taxi for Oberpfalz: A project that has been successful in many German regions involves giving half-price taxi rides for young people going out to nightclubs. The ‘Freie Wähler’ (‘Free Voters’) party is now calling for the project to be introduced in the city of Cham.

http://www.idowa.de/home/artikel/2015/04/13/mit-dem-taxi-in-die-disco-freie-waehler-fordern-50-50-droschken.html

Higher taxi rates now also in the German capital: After the rate increases that were implemented due to the introduction of the minimum wage in many regions at the beginning of the year, Berlin will also follow suit starting in May.

http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/verkehr/mindestlohn-fuehrt-zu-hoeheren-preisen-taxifahrten-in-berlin-sollen-deutlich-teurer-werden,10809298,30458358.html

News from Switzerland

Car chase following attack: A Basel taxi driver fought back tenaciously when attacked by three youths.

http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/basel/taxifahrer-daniel-eisler-wurde-brutal-ueberfallen-die-angst-faehrt-immer-mit-id3660675.html

autonomous drive

Proliferation of test tracks: German Politics are accelerating the pace of autonomous driving in Germany. More and more motorways are to be approved as test tracks.

http://www.welt.de/regionales/niedersachsen/article138863097/Auch-Niedersachsen-will-autonomes-Fahren-ausprobieren.html

Our last words

Unbelievable: A taxi driver from the German City Ingolstadt was sprayed with a fire hose at a taxi stand.

http://www.donaukurier.de/lokales/polizei/ingolstadt/Ingolstadt-dkonline_PMG-0815-Taxi-mit-Feuerloescher-besprueht;art64745,3042617

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