Uberk is collapsing, no one is sure why.
However a clue from the Coast last night might explain things.
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ROMANIA
Mytaxi, the e-hailing app owned by German carmaker Daimler, has entered the Romanian market after purchasing local company Clever Tech, the owner of the Clever Taxi app.
The details of the transaction were not disclosed, but the two parties said it was an eight-figure sum.
Romanian businessmen Mihai Rotaru and Alex Dumitru launched Clever Taxi in 2010, and the app has grown to be the leader in the local e-hailing apps market. So far, Clever Taxi has registered more than 40 million bookings in 20 cities across the country. It has 600,000 users and 17,000 registered drivers.
With this acquisition, mytaxi strengthens its presence on the international mobility market and its leading position in the European e-hailing market.
“We are delighted to welcome Clever Taxi in the mytaxi family. Being the first taxi booking app in Romania, with 17,000 registered drivers and 600,000 passengers, Clever Taxi fits perfectly with mytaxi,” said Andrew Pinnington, CEO mytaxi.
mytaxi was launched in the summer of 2009 by the Hamburg start-up Intelligent Apps GmbH. At the beginning of 2012, Daimler took a stake in Intelligent Apps GmbH and, in the fall of 2014, purchased the mytaxi company completely.
With more than 10 million downloads and over 120,000 registered drivers, mytaxi is the leader of the e-hailing market in Europe.
The app is available in 70 cities across 11 countries in Europe, operating in Germany, Austria, Poland, Spain, Italy, Portugal, UK, Ireland, Sweden, Greece, and now Romania.
In July 2016 mytaxi announced the merger with Heilo, the market leader in the UK and Ireland. Moreover, in February 2017, mytaxi announced the acquisition of Taxibeat, the leader in the Greek market.
The Clever Taxi platform will continue to work after the transaction.
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The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the licensing system for taxi and private hire vehicles (PHVs).
As LTT reported last month, the Government proposes a single tier regime to deal with taxis and PHVs in the same way.
It says the distinction between taxis and PHVs is perhaps more understood in London than elsewhere.
The Law Commission’s 2014 report on taxi and PHV licensing in England and Wales considered the case for treating taxis and PHVs under the...
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Police are looking for a Glasgow taxi driver who attempted to murder a man by driving his cab at him.
The incident took place at about 00:10 on Dalmellington Road in the Crookston area of the city.
The taxi driver's victim, a 24-year-old man, is in a critical condition in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
The driver did not stop after the incident and drove off along Dalmellington Road towards Crookston Road.
The driver of the taxi has been described by police as of Asian appearance, aged 30-40, medium build, with short dark hair and wearing a pink top.
Det Insp Greig Wilkie said: "From our investigations so far, it would appear that the two men had left a party nearby and had asked the taxi driver to get a lift home, however, the driver, for whatever reason, refused to take them.
It then appears that the injured man went on to the road which is when the taxi deliberately drove at him.
"The taxi didn't stop and drove off along Dalmellington Road, towards Crookston Road at Raeswood Road.
"On hearing a commotion outside, people from nearby houses came to assist the man until the ambulance arrived arrival of the ambulance. We are in the process of tracing them and others who were in the area, including the occupants of another black Hackney taxi who had been dropped off nearby just at the time of the incident, however, we have yet to trace the driver of that taxi and indeed another Hackney taxi driver who we know, were also in the area at the time."
He added: "This was a shocking incident, which has left a young man very seriously injured.
"I would appeal to the taxi driver who involved to come forward to police himself as soon as possible."
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DUNDEE
A 25-year-old man has been charged with careless driving after a taxi was involved in a collision with a pedestrian in Dundee city centre on Thursday evening.
A Dundee University graduate was taken to hospital with minor injuries after allegedly being struck by a taxi as he walked on a pavement in Nethergate shortly after 6pm.
Police revealed a man had been charged on Friday morning.
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