With the acquisition of Autocab, an internationally active taxi and rental car software company based in Manchester, Uber Technologies Inc. also be able to serve the market outside the major cities in Great Britain (and in other countries) via taxi companies. As a result, Uber expects the market to grow to 170 areas instead of the current 40 – mostly large cities. Uber expects taxi drivers to want to take advantage of “additional earning opportunities.” Autocab will remain largely independent, the companies said in a statement.
Uber is this takeover with taxi software company car cab agreed, so that taxi drivers can also use the Uber network in addition to that of their own taxi exchange. Autocab, which is already active in 30 countries, was just on the rise internationally. The company, led by Safa Alkateb, has always emphatically profiled itself as a partner of the taxi sector. That is why a well-established British consultant in the taxi sector thinks that this takeover will anger a large number of taxi companies - which sometimes compete fiercely with Uber. A number of Autocab customers will feel 'betrayed' by this acquisition. He also expects that 'a large number' of taxi companies will look for a different booking system.
Uber and Autocab, on the other hand, underline that the acquisition and integration of Uber into Autocab guarantees them additional income. Uber has also committed to Autocab to fund the expansion of its taxi software system. Incidentally, in cities where Uber is already active, such as London, the integration does not take place.
"Every month, thousands of people open the Uber app in places where the company doesn't operate to try and book a trip," Uber said in a statement. That's remarkable because Uber hasn't added a new location in the UK since 2016, and even the company's highly lucrative operating license for London is at risk because, according to licensing authority Transport for London (TfL), the company is not operating in "a safe and reliable way." way” can work.
