Taxicabs of the United States area. The president of United Cab discourages his drivers from carrying firearms, instead advising them to accelerate the car and crash into a lamppost or even a police car if they are threatened with a gun. Uber is a major competitor to taxi companies, providing on-demand for-hire car service through a smartphone app in many US cities. Uber services are generally treated as black-car services from a legal standpoint and are not generally regulated under Taxi laws. This can cause friction with both local governments and taxi companies. In June 2015, the city council voted unanimously to increase taxi fares;
Beat (app) ride-hailing service was acquired by MyTaxi in February 2017, and renamed to Beat. MyTaxi is a subsidiary of the automotive manufacturer Daimler AG. Before the Greek firm was integrated into the Daimler cadre of corporations, Beat raised approximately $7 million in Series capital in its first two years of operations. Beat (app) Beat is responsible for developing a taxi cab and peer-to-peer-ridesharing mobile application, the Beat app, for smartphones and other mobile devices. Beat's headquarters are located in Athens, Greece, where it is popular among locals. However, about 90 percent of the company’s ride-booking activity is abroad, in South America,