Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Toyota JPN Taxi (Japanese: トヨタ・ジャパンタクシー, Hepburn: Toyota Japantakushī), sometimes known as the Toyota Japan Taxi, [1] is a hybrid electric taxicab built to universal design specifications mandated by the Japanese government.
Nihon Kotsu also participated in a government trial of taxi sharing in early 2018. [9] NK was the first major customer for the JPN Taxi, a new Japanese taxi design based on the black cabs of London, which began production in 2017. [3] [6] In 2018, NK began selling multilingual payment terminals to other taxi operators in Japan. [10]
A Nihon Kotsu Toyota JPN Taxi in Tokyo. In most parts of Japan, there are many taxicabs of various colors and styles. Japan has no limitation on taxicab design, so each taxicab company adopts its own design, although owner-driver taxicabs use a prescribed design. In Osaka, most taxicabs are black because they are also used as limousine taxis.
A Japanese urban legend dating back to the Taishō period, that saw a significant resurgence after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, is a trend of taxi drivers who say that they picked up a passenger, often drenched or cold, who then disappears before reaching their destination, often leaving behind evidence of their presence such as a ...
Yellow cab (イエローキャブ, Ierō Kyabu) is a disparaging term for Japanese women who travel overseas or to foreign enclaves in Japan seeking to meet foreign men. [1] The term combines the use of "yellow", a color/racial classification category for people of East Asian origin, and the image of a yellow cab which can be "ridden at any time".
From 2014, Geely invested £480m in LEVC to develop a new taxi, with a new factory to be built near Coventry. [6] [7] [8] Geely hoped to manufacture 36,000 vehicles per annum. [9] The vehicle entered production in 2017. [6] In January 2020, LEVC announced plans to market the TX in Japan [10] with Fleetway and Service Company as the Japanese ...
Taxi in Alexandria, Egypt. In Egypt, taxi liveries vary by governorate.The most iconic Egyptian taxis are those of Cairo (navy blue and white) and Alexandria (yellow and black), although a new Cairo livery (white with a black-and-white checkered stripe along the centre) has arisen in recent years, indicating those taxis with working meters.
In 2019, a few months after the plug-in hybrid LEVC TX went on sale, the e-NV200 based Dynamo Taxi was launched by a firm also based in Coventry, UK. [100] The Dynamo Taxi became the first 'black cab' on the streets of London to be fully electric since the Bersey Taxi in 1897 [101] [102] and is based on the Evalia version of the van.