TAXI giant ComfortDelGro has told its cabbies to delete the Uber app on their phones, following the American ride-hailing firm's sale of its South-east Asian business to rival Grab. Meanwhile, the Singapore-based Grab has reached out to displaced Uber staff via Facebook and LinkedIn, uploading photos of new work spaces for Uber employees who were let go. Publicly listed ComfortDelGro, in a text message to its estimated 23,000 hirer-drivers said: "Dear cabbies, UberFlash will cease on April 8 2018. You may delete the Uber driver app any time now since it will no longer be in use. ComfortDelGro will continue

UK-based used car sales website, OneWomanOwner, is seeking £300,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. OneWomanOwner has stated that it is shooting to become the number one online portal for used cars that have previously had women drivers. “There is a reason why people advertise their cars using the OneWomanOwner slogan. Once established as the go-to platform for buying and selling female-owned cars, we aim to secure a significant share of this multi-billion pound industry in the UK, which continues to show growth year on year. With our new USP in this profitable industry, an experienced team with a proven track record

In a recent interview with CBT News, the founder of vAuto, Dale Pollak was asked to give his insight on how ride-sharing companies, driverless cars, and margin compression could influence the near future of the industry, where he mentioned being on the edge of a down cycle. “It always has been a cyclical Business and we have just come off seven of the best years that perhaps any of us will again see in our careers,” Pollack says to Jim Fitzpatrick when asked about his thoughts as it pertains to an estimated SAAR prediction from J.D. Power. Dealers can expect for

The challenge with designing automotive apps is knowing which vehicles you can target. With almost every auto manufacturer doing their own thing, and little documentation about how to make it all play nice with your code, it can be enough to make developers wave their hands in the air in a salute of "no thanks". But that's where a Bay Area-based company called Smartcar comes in. Sahas Katta, CEO of Smartcar explains, "Smartcar is a connected car platform for developers. We make it possible for application developers to create new connected car experiences for vehicles of any make and model.

Waymo, the autonomous car development company and subsidiary of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc. has recently entered into a long-term partnership with Jaguar Land Rover in a deal that will see it buy tens of thousands of vehicles from the UK carmaker and work on future technology together as the Alphabet-owned company prepares to launch a self-driving taxi service later this year. JLR and Waymo should start testing this year an autonomous version of the I-Pace sports utility vehicle, the carmaker’s first electric model which went on sale this month, and incorporate it into the Waymo fleet from 2020. Up

Affordable Car Hire recently introduced an online training platform for agents to demystify car rental jargon and boost its trade sales. The free programme is available here, offering five different modules to work through - Car Hire Terms, How to Book, How to Sell, USA Car Hire and Customer Support. Product from Affordable Xtras will also be uploaded to the Affordable Training Academy. CEO Angela Day said: "What we've traditionally found is that once agents have had some training on car hire, their conversion rates are a lot higher. For example, when agents complete our online webinars, their training conversion

California-based startup Roadster, which created digital storefronts on dealer sites enabling users to buy vehicles online, is broadening the scale of its platform. Roadster’s Express Storefront can now be used on sites at the dealership group level through what the company calls the Express Marketplace. It had previously focused on delivering its storefronts on an individual, store-by-store basis. With the groupwide option, online shoppers visiting a group site can browse inventory for every store on the roster in one location. Consumers can use it as a resource to cross-shop vehicles before buying. Then, once they've decided, shoppers can select a

New Delhi-based self-drive car rental startup Zoomcar has announced its plans to add 2,500 electric vehicles in 25 cities by fiscal 2019-18. The company, which recently entered Jaipur, will soon be adding electric cars in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. As of now, the company is operational in three cities, mainly in Bengaluru, Mysuru and Hyderabad with 55 electric cars. Greg Moran, CEO, Zoomcar, said: “Electric car is the big focus for us because it is cost effective. From this quarter, we will add 550 electric cars. A quarter of them are already in and the remaining will be added on the road in

Nissan recently announced its plans to become a leader in automotive evolution, so it expects to sell one million electrified vehicles in the world - be they pure electric models or those with e-POWER engines - for the fiscal year 2022. The Japanese company plans to accelerate the connectivity of vehicles, as part of its medium-term plan "Nissan M.O.V.E to 2022". Nissan M.O.V.E intends to guide the company in the pursuit of the following objectives: develop eight new electric vehicles, taking advantage of the success of their Nissan LEAF; launch an electric vehicle offensive in China under different brands;

Amongst controversy on the part of transport service providers, as of March 28th, city cabs must implement the smart taxi model. The new app is intended to provide real data on both the distance traveled and the price that the client must pay to finalize the service, with this being one of the primary objectives of usability for which this platform was created, since numerous passengers have complained in the past about the difference between taxi drivers' charges for the same journey(s) within the city. The model will be quite practical for customers as well as for users since taxis