Blog Tag - Beijing taxis

Talking Travel: Finally Charge Your Subway Card With WeChat, Daxing Airport Express Fares, and New Electric Taxis
Talking Travel: your roundup of Beijing's latest transportation-related news. Subway stations adding WeChat/Alipay support (finally!) At long last,...
No Wonder that Ride was so Cheap: Uber Losing USD 1 Billion per Year in China
Enjoy those Uber discounts – they're costing the company USD 1 billion per year, according to Uber co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick. Uber enjoys a...
New Didi Dache Services Declared Illega Againl: Report
In the latest saga of illegal/not illegal and car-booking services in Beijing, Didi Dache's "Didi Express" and "Didi Zhuanche" services, which allow...
Beijing to Drop Taxi Fuel Surcharge Starting Next Week
Here's something we didn't expect: even as subway fares rise, taxis are about to get less expensive. One yuan per fare, to be exact. With fuel fares...
Beijing Plans to Convert Taxi Fleet to Electric
It's not easy going green, but the Beijing taxi fleet seems set to give it its best shot. The city's 46,000 taxis will be switched from petroleum...
Frying Pan and Fire: Beijing Voted World's Second-Worst City (for Locals and Taxis)
Earlier this month, users of travel review site TripAdvisor voted Beijing the fourth-best city in the world in its 2014 Travellers' Choice...