Chicago promotes environmentally friendly taxis: Eighty per cent of the acquisition price up to a maximum of 10,000 U.S. dollars is reimbursed upon the purchase of an electric or CNG vehicle.
Quote of the day
“Our companies need procedural security!“
German federal association demands a long-awaited political decision on fiscal taximeters.
Automobile news
Toyotas taxi offensive: Toyota wants to offer the new Avensis as a taxi. We have found the initial driving reports. Intax, a company specialised in converting vehicles, is already working on a taxi package in Germany.
http://www.carbuyer.co.uk/news/146805/new-2015-toyota-avensis-full-details
News from Germany
MyTaxi discount promotions still banned: The district court of Stuttgart confirmed during the main hearing that a price reduction for taxi rides constitutes a violation of the law on transportation of passengers.
BZP requests Insika procedure (integrated security solution for cash register systems processing measured data) for fiscal taximeters: In an appeal to the finance minister of the German federal states, the German taxi association BZP is recommending the Insika procedure as the exclusive solution for the taxi trade.
https://www.taxi-times.com/fiskaltaxameter-bzp-bekennt-sich-zum-insika-verfahren
VdEK rechnet nur noch elektronisch ab: Ab Juli 2015 führt der Verband der Ersatzkassen (VdEK) in Bayern die elektronische Abrechnung von Krankenfahrten ein. Das berichtet der Abrechnungsdienstleister DMRZ.
http://www.dmrz.de/abrechnung-krankenfahrten-vdek-aok-dta-bayern-pflicht-1-7-2015.html
News from Austria
Multiple rollover: Horrific pictures in the media show a taxi that crashed in the Kitzbühel Alps. The driver was seriously injured. We wish him a good recovery.
http://www.heute.at/news/oesterreich/art23655,1171799
Our last words
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