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Frankfurt airport working on electric flying taxi service concept with Volocopter
The operator of Frankfurt's international airport says it is developing a concept for electric air taxi services. Fraport AG is working with Volocopter GmbH, which makes two-seat, multi-rotor electric aircraft that can fly with a pilot or autonomously. Actually operating such taxis to bring people to ...
DeNA launches free cab-hailing service in Tokyo, for those who can stomach noodle ads
Mobile service provider DeNA Co. has launched a free taxi-hailing service touting "zero yen" rides in Tokyo's 23 wards until the end of the year. The body and inside of the 50 cabs involved will feature noodle ads from sponsor Nissin Foods Holdings Co., which ...
Leading taxi-hailing app providers in Japan and South Korea to collaborate
Leading taxi-hailing app providers in Japan and South Korea will collaborate in offering an integrated service to cater to the needs of the growing number of visitors to both countries. Japan Taxi Co. and Kakao Mobility Corp. said they recently signed an agreement on capital ...
More than 80 percent of companies that employed truck, bus and taxi drivers last year breached the Labor Standards Law, with illegal overtime accounting for over half the violations, a government survey says. Of the 5,436 supervised firms surveyed, breaches were found at 4,564, or ...
Google's Waymo adds 62,000 vehicles for autonomous taxi service
Google-owned Waymo is adding as many as 62,000 Fiat Chrysler minivans to its autonomous fleet in an expanded collaboration announced by the companies on Thursday. Delivery of the Chrysler Pacifica minivans was expected to begin later this year, with the automaker also exploring the potential ...
Police launch expert panel to discuss rules for autonomous vehicles
Police on Tuesday launched an expert panel tasked with discussing driving rules for autonomous vehicles, including a potential revision to road traffic laws. Experts in law, social infrastructure and other areas will discuss specific issues to be resolved as firms move closer to commercializing self-driving ...
Tokyo taxi company taking an active interest in foreign hires ahead of 2020
Taxi firm Hinomaru Kotsu Co. is hiring more foreign drivers to better deal with the ongoing influx of visitors caused by Japan's tourism boom. A total of 23 drivers from 11 countries including Brazil, China and Egypt are working for the Tokyo-based company. Among them, Mohamed ...
Uber CEO eyes Japan taxi partnerships as Asia trip highlights global ambitions
Uber Technologies Inc. isn't ready to give up the world. Dara Khosrowshahi, in his first trip to Asia since becoming chief executive officer, made it clear that the ride-hailing company isn't about to scale back its business to just countries where it already has a ...
Uber plots expansion in Japan and Singapore amid talk of retreat from Asia
If Uber Technologies Inc. is planning a retreat from Asia, no one told Brooks Entwistle, head of the ride-hailing company's business in the region. The San Francisco-based company is planning an expansion in Japan and is offering faster booking and cheaper rides to improve market ...
Tokyo taxi firms to take on global peers with ride-sharing apps
Travelers to Tokyo may be surprised to find their perceptions of the high-tech metropolis to be far from reality when it comes to the use of ride-hailing smartphone apps such as Uber and Lyft. But two taxi companies are looking to bring Tokyo up to ...
FFocus A European Union decision last week to treat Uber Technologies Inc. like a taxi company spotlights a trans-Atlantic divide over how governments cope with disruptive technologies and could embolden U.S. cities to restrict the ride-sharing service. The EU Court of Justice on Dec. 20 ruled ...
Nissan to test 'robot taxis' in March, eyeing official launch in early 2020s
Nissan Motor Co. said it will test an autonomous ride-hailing service on public roads in Japan in March, aiming to officially start the "robot taxi" rides in the early 2020s. The carmaker will put two Leaf electric cars, equipped with sensors and cameras and autonomous ...
