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Ford’s self-driving car ‘coming in 2021’

Ford said it would double its investment in its research centre in the city, as well as making sizable investments in technology companies in the autonomy industry. The firm said the car would be in use by customers by 2021, but first click to see the famous electric...

Taxi fares set to rise under Sheffield black cab proposals

Under the proposals, set out by the union and the Sheffield Taxi Trades Association, night-time rates would start one hour earlier from 7pm, instead of the current 8pm, while the cost of travelling per mile would increase by an average 3.5 per cent. The changes would...

Joining forces: National Taxi Association endorse TIC

The National Taxi Association invited Plan Insurance Brokers to present their innovative plans for how the industry can confront the widespread issue of taxi insurance fraud at the recent annual conference. Plan Insurance Brokers have been lobbying regulators and...

Horrified Uber passenger ‘photographs his driver playing Pokemon Go DURING their journey across London’

A horrified chef claims his Uber driver was playing Pokémon Go behind the wheel and even swiped the screen to catch monsters during the journey through London. Paul Mohammad said he was travelling from Haringey to Bounds Green in north London when he noticed the male...
UK Uber-rival Karhoo is dead

UK Uber-rival Karhoo is dead

Sometimes when you're late to the party, there aren't enough chicken nuggets and cocktail sausages left to go around....

The UK was Uber’s oasis in Europe. Not any more

The UK was Uber’s oasis in Europe. Not any more

This past Friday, a British employment tribunal ruled in favor of a claim by two Uber drivers in London that they were employees not independent contractors. It’s hard to imagine a more innocuous sounding headline: A local tribunal, not a national court. Two drivers...

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