Uber is funding the £5 million installation of more than 700 electric vehicle charge points in three London boroughs. The charge points in Newham, Brent and Redbridge are aimed at drivers who live in houses or flats without off-street parking or easy access to…

Peterborough has become the first UK city in which Uber has launched its Local Cab service alongside its own, company-run services. Anyone opening the Uber app in the city can select the Local Cab option, alongside regular Uber-operated UberX and UberXL options. Local Cab…

Ambitious private hire operator Take Me Group has made another takeover in the West Country. The deal, which brings 80-car fleet A1 Ace taxis of Bridgewater and Taunton into the group, is Take Me’s third of 2022. The group has so far this year…

WeFlex, which supplies and finances electric vehicles for ride-hailing drivers, has appointed accountancy firm EY to drive its £60 million fundraising efforts. The company says the funds, a mixture of debt and equity, will be utilised to support its goal to get ride-hailing drivers…

Ride-hailing operator Bolt has pledged to donate at least €5 million to support Ukraine by donating 5% of every fare collected in the next two weeks. The operator is also pulling out of Belarus and removing any Russian products from its Bolt and Bolt…

London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone will be expanded to cover the whole of London under plans announced by Mayor Sadiq Khan (pictured). Khan has asked Transport for London to consult on extending the scheme’s boundary from the North and South Circular Roads to the…

Blacklane has cancelled all bookings in Ukraine and Russia and suspended operations in both countries following Russia’s hostile invasion of its neighbour, CEO Dr Jens Wohltorf (pictured) has announced.  The company has also pledged to help Ukrainian contractors working for the global chauffeur broker.…

Take Me has added a second Yorkshire private hire firm to its growing portfolio of UK businesses. Star Cars of Catterick is also the acquisitive company’s second UK acquisition of 2022, following the takeover of Station Taxis of nearby Malton, as it builds a…

Britain’s electric vehicle charging network must be “safe, reliable and accessible to all”, according to the boss of one of the leading charging networks. Responding to reports this week from consumer advisor Which? and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Ian Johnston, CEO…

Nottingham’s DG Cars has acquired two more of Arrow Cars’ airport taxi operations, adding Leeds-Bradford and Bristol Airports to the East Midlands service it acquired in late 2021. The move sees David Richmond, chairman of Leeds-based Arrow Cars, exit the taxi business after 18…

Mercedes-Benz has revealed its all-electric executive saloon, the EQE. The saloon, expected to go on sale from the third quarter of 2022, uses a shortened version of the EQS platform, and shares a similar roof profile with the company’s electric flagship. The electric architecture…

All licensed hackney taxi drivers in Brighton will be required to accept cashless payments from passengers after councillors approved a rule change yesterday (Thursday, February 17). The new rule means drivers must carry card readers in their cabs and cannot refuse to carry customers…

The AA is demanding that more should be done to help potential EV drivers without access to off-street parking who cannot benefit from home charging at preferential rates. The AA claims 40% of households do not have access to off-street parking, or live in…

Blackpool Council has decided to peg licensing fees and charges at a reduced level for a further year. Blackpool Council last year cut taxi licensing fees and charges to support businesses through the Covid-19 pandemic. Now the council has agreed not to increase costs…

The UK automotive industry’s trade body has called on the government to set binding targets for EV infrastructure and to set up an independent regulator for the sector. The SMMT has published a new seven-point plan aimed at addressing the issue of “charge anxiety”…

Addison Lee has responded to new reports into electric vehicle infrastructure released today by UK automotive trade body SMMT and consumer advice group Which? The private hire giant, which is switching its entire fleet to electric vehicles over the next two years, believes the…

Wales’ first high-powered electric vehicle charging hub has opened at Moto Swansea. The advanced Electric Hub, part of the Gridserve Electric Highway, initially hosts six 350kW high-power EV charge points, with the ability to quickly add a further six high power chargers as soon…

Consumer advice organisation Which? is calling for lower prices and simplified payment systems for electric vehicle customers who are reliant on public charging networks. The organisation wants to see payment by bank card replacing the current mish-mash of apps and stand-alone RFID cards, and…