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development
In 1886, the German Carl Benz invented the world’s first cars. In the first 32 years after the birth of the automobile, that is, in 1918, American Walter L.Jacobs in Chicago created the first car rental company –Rent-A-Ford-Car Company with Ford’s Model T (that is Hertz the company’s predecessor), rental car from in front of the world. Walter L.Jacobs also known as the founder of car rental his company from the initial 23 vehicles for the rapid development of the 565 vehicles in 1923, after the US giant Hertz taxi (John D.Hertz) mergers and acquisitions.
car rental abroad has more than 100 years of history, is currently ranked the world’s foremost four car rental companies are Hertz (Hertz), the European Automobile (EUROCAR) and the United States 安飞士巴基特 Group Baji Te (BUDGET) and Avis (AVIS) car rental companies.
China’s car rental originated in Beijing. In 1989, Beijing Automotive Group to welcome the Beijing Asian Games set up the first domestic car rental companies. Six years later, Beijing has emerged for the first individual time payment of leasing companies. By the 21st century, the car rental industry is developing rapidly, we began to enter the country.
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phone Car / Taxi
In recent years, with the popularity of smart phones , car rental companies also launched its own mobile client, using the phone’s maps and GPS positioning functionYou can, can more easily find the nearest service point. Using a mobile phone client can select a service anytime, anywhere, car rental more convenient.
In 2010, Kara Nick was born in Los Angeles in San Francisco introduced a taxi software, which is playing the originator of the Uber car applications. Kara Nick and his partner and two small car rental company signed a contract with Uber iPhone equipped with software as a meter, so that senior rental car can provide taxi service when idle.
Although the traditional taxi industry was suppressed in many countries the world, but it failed to prevent the rapid development of Uber. This year’s July 14, Uber officially enter the Beijing market, and launched a new non-profit business, “people Uber” (People’s Uber) in the city to help more people find carpool partners.
in the country, fast taxi and taxi drops because of a “burn” war sparked national attention, at present, these two have a taxi software has been canceled for passengers and drivers subsidies. But regardless of their future development, application has gained a taxi, as many people preferred a taxi way.