Could This Be Just What The Trade Needs?
Maaxi Goes Live, Wednesday 15 April 2015
We have had to overcome many obstacles over the last 6 months, but now we are ready to GO LIVE.
The stumbling blocks have in part been related to doing trials with the App and adapting it to the current competitive conditions in the Taxi Trade which as you all know concern us much, and also related to TfL challenging the Maaxi model.
Maaxi has provided satisfactory responses to TfL’s questions and it does not expect any further questioning.
How successful we are going to be is down to us the drivers. We get from Maaxi technology that is years ahead of what Private Hire have. Maaxi is not late, it is 3 years ahead of its time. Us taxi drivers need to give the service and reliability the Taxi Trade has built its reputation on by accepting as many job offers from the Maaxi Driver App as you possibly can and not allowing other modes of transport take work that is rightfully ours. What others did by offering cheap prices and then surging, we can do legally by selling seats in shared black cabs, becoming close in price to public transport when there is low demand and make up to twice the meter for shared taxi rides at times of high demand.
Where will we be going Live?
Maaxi will electronically track areas and times of high demand, where public transport or private hire fail to provide either reliable or cost effective services and Maaxi will market in real time to customers in those areas. Maaxi will let us know where the demand is via the Maaxi Driver App and Twitter.
What sort of work will Maaxi offer?
MAAXI is 100% FREE to use.
It will offer EXCLUSIVE RIDES in which we the drivers will receive 100% of the meter reading. For example, if you take an exclusive ride and it goes £10 on the meter you will receive the full £10.
In addition Maaxi will offer you SHARED RIDES in which you the driver will receive a shared ride job offer with the approximate final destination and you will receive anywhere between a minimum of the full meter fare and twice the meter fare, depending on the number of people sharing and the meter readings you report. For example, a £30 fare could get you anywhere between £30 and £60.
We have started conversations with MAJOR ACCOUNTS across London to finally bring work back to the trade that we thought we had lost forever. Maaxi’s ability to group passengers going in the same direction dynamically and on-demand is very compelling and will allow large multimillion pound accounts to save large amounts which makes a bid by the London Taxi Trade via Maaxi more attractive than what private hire providers can offer. These accounts, once on the Maaxi platform, will be serviced exclusively by the London Taxi Trade by using shared or exclusive rides by way of Maaxi for senior executives.
WITH YOU WE CAN SECURE THE FUTURE OF THE LONDON TAXI INDUSTRY.
Thank you for your patience
Danny, Jason, Jeff, Martin and Smiler (Green Badge Drivers, Maaxi Driver Operations)
