Renting vs buying a PCO car in London: what Otto Car, Splend and Hertz actually sell — and the one risk their marketing never mentions.
From 1 August, Uber tightens which cars qualify for Comfort and Exec in London — five brands, dark colours, saloons only at the top tier. Our guide: what qualifies, which year to buy, how to finance it, and the break-even that decides everything.
Uber blocked a driver for 72 hours over a licence that was still valid — after its own phone line promised a 12-hour review.
Roughly 300,000 self-employed drivers in England pay income tax, NI, and licensing fees on every fare. As autonomous vehicles take over that work, the same tax base shifts toward corporately-owned fleets with very different tax exposure — and no UK government department has modelled what that transition will cost.
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TfL must consent before any robotaxi carries a passenger in London. The Government opened applications on 22 May. Here is what actually has to happen next — and when a real driverless trip will occur.
Driverless cars will take some of your work. The question is not whether to stop them — it is whether you use the window before they arrive to build an income they cannot touch. Here is how.
Uber is acquiring Blacklane — the last major premium chauffeur platform that offered London’s PHV drivers an alternative. Combined with its AV strategy and its control of dispatch software, the deal completes a market encirclement that no competition regulator has yet examined in full.
Four organisations claim to represent London’s 110,000 licensed PHV drivers. We put the same three questions to each. One responded in full. One deflected. Two said nothing.
A live Parliament petition needs 9,142 more signatures before 17 June. At 10,000 the government must officially respond. Here is why every London PHV driver needs to sign today.