Back-to-the-future cabs can also fare wellThe black cabs of London, known for their drivers' encyclopaedic city knowledge, offer several advantages over app-based taxi services, inc...
08 Feb, 2025, 12.43 AM IST
Uber tries to win over London black cabsUber will open up its platform to London's black cabs next year, the ride-hailing firm said on Wednesday, trying to win over the British ca...
29 Nov, 2023, 02.44 PM IST
London Electric Vehicle Company gears up to launch TX model in IndiaStating that it is partnering with Exclusive Motors for the Indian Subcontinent to make TX available in the region. LEVC said not only will...
25 Oct, 2021, 10.16 PM IST
TCS wins 10-year contract from Transport for LondonAs part of the ten-year contract, which can be extended by five more years, TCS will design, implement and operate a cloud-based smart mobi...
09 Sep, 2021, 01.14 PM IST
Uber drivers say London Mayor’s new levy is discriminatoryA union representing Uber drivers is suing the city’s mayor, saying it isn’t fair that they must pay a daily charge of 11.50 pounds ($14.34...
10 Jul, 2019, 11.19 PM IST
After Australia, Ola eyes the UK market“Ola is excited to announce its plans for the UK, one of the world’s most evolved transportation markets,” said Bhavish Aggarwal, chief exe...
07 Aug, 2018, 10.52 PM IST
Ola met London transport regulator last year as Uber's rivals muscle in to lure passengersEU’s top court in December ruled Uber must be regulated as a transportation service, a blow to the company’s attempts to avoid taxi rules.
09 Jan, 2018, 11.45 AM IST
Uber CEO to visit UK after licence lossUber CEO is flying into London next week for a diplomatic mission with city regulators in hopes of negotiating a deal that prevents the rid...
29 Sep, 2017, 11.55 PM IST
London ban shows Uber is in a perpetual state of warLondon's regulator said it wouldn't renew Uber's license to operate in the city because the company's "approach and conduct demonstrate a l...
23 Sep, 2017, 10.18 AM IST
Chinese billionaire poised to rescue Great British icon — LotusWhen sports cars gave way to SUVs, Lotus suffered. In a sign of how bleak things had gotten, Lotus’s British network of dealers sold an ave...
02 Sep, 2017, 12.48 PM IST
Maharashtra trying to discriminate between cab services: Bombay High CourtA division bench of Justices R M Sawant and Sadhana Jadhav was hearing petitions filed by Uber India Ltd, Ola Ltd and six drivers plying ca...
03 Aug, 2017, 01.25 PM IST
London Taxi Company bets future on 119-year-old technologyFirst electric-motor taxi trial fizzled out in 1899 after costly vehicles, which drove only slightly faster than a horse, were scrapped.
30 Jul, 2016, 02.56 AM IST
UberX: Taxi service app to take on radio cab operators like Meru, Ola in IndiaUber is among the hottest start-ups in the tech world and has shaken up the taxi market across the globe. Can it do the same in India with ...
13 Jul, 2014, 05.53 AM IST
Taxi services across the world can’t be ranked at allRating cab service in India alongside taxi services across the world, as a survey has, thus is like comparing apples and oranges.
14 Nov, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Foreigners covet british brands is a vindication of its marketing prowess
Little wonder that it even found a spot in the opening extravaganza at the London Olympics last year, with the Jaguar, Rolls Royce others.
06 Feb, 2013, 04.33 AM IST
- Recent imaginings of Sherlock Holmes play the ‘update’ game - and fail
Hearsay has it Sherlock Holmes causes a disease: Holmesiana; manifests as obsession with the fictional detective to the point of beginning ...
02 Feb, 2012, 01.42 AM IST
Power of Ideas: How Meru Cabs evolvedIn Hindu mythology, Mount Meru helped the gods and demons extract nectar during the churning of the ocean. In many ways, Meru Cabs, named a...
01 Sep, 2010, 12.48 AM IST