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Curb and Uber partner to make taxis available to Uber app users

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Curb, a ride-hailing app for licensed taxi and for-hire rides in North America, announced the execution of a strategic partnership agreement with Uber that will enable Curb-connected drivers to receive trip requests from Uber users.

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Daimler’s moovel acquires mytaxi and RideScout to consolidate presence in mobility services market

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Daimler’s integrated mobility service company moovel GmbH ( earlier post ) has acquired a 100% holding in Intelligent Apps GmbH, the operator of the popular mytaxi taxi booking app. Launched in 2009, mytaxi is the world’s first app to enable direct connections between taxi users and taxi drivers. Earlier post.

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Toyota and Nishitetsu begin full-scale operation of multi-modal mobility service “my route” in Fukuoka City and Kitakyushu City

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Toyota Motor Corporation and Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., my route provides shop and event information while enabling users to search, book, and pay for transport, and offers integrated mobility functions that can be completed with a single app. s Motaku taxi booking service.

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Geely raises $400M via Green Bonds sale to develop and produce TX5 range-extended electric London taxis

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The global green bonds market amounted to more than US$40 billion in 2015, with issuers including the World Bank, commercial banks, corporations and municipalities. The final order book of more than US$2.3 In January 2016, a consortium led by the London Taxi Company was awarded an Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) grant of £17.5

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Mercedes-Benz and BMW to sell car-sharing JV SHARE NOW to Stellantis

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—Rainer Feurer, Head of Corporate Investments at the BMW Group. With one click users can reach the largest selection of vehicles in Europe, from e-scooters to e-bikes, e-mopeds and car sharing to taxis and chauffeured vehicles. FREE NOW is a pioneer of multimodal mobility with its digital Mobility-as-a-Service platform.

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Siemens developing intelligent algorithm to predict availability of carsharing vehicles; more effective inter-modal planning

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The forecasting tool will be incorporated into the integrated SiMobility Connect mobility platform, which links carsharing firms, public transport companies, taxis, and bike-rental services. Users can then check the current availability of vehicles in their area with an app and book a car right when they’re ready to take it.

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Taxi trips from airport via apps set to become costlier – ET Auto

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Taxi rides from Bengaluru airport are set to cost more for passengers of app-based aggregators such as Ola , Uber and BluSmart , with a 30-40% expected increase in per ride pickup fee levied by these platforms when users book taxis from the airport, said people familiar with the development.

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