A hundred years of "taxi history", do you know the story?

Before the automobile was born, the taxi industry in the world was dominated by carriages and rickshaws. Until 1897, the world's first car taxi was officially born in London. What followed was the birth of the first taxi in China, but the place where it appeared was not the bustling city like Shanghai at that time, but the exotic Harbin.

1903, when there were less than 10 "commercial vehicles", it officially appeared on the streets of Harbin, creating a precedent in the taxi history of China. 19 19, Zhou Xiangsheng started a taxi business for Chinese businessmen in Shanghai. By the 1930s, Xiangsheng Automobile Company had nearly 30 taxis, which made it a leader in Chinese taxi industry at that time. 193 1 At the end of the year, Zhou Xiangsheng reorganized Xiangsheng Automobile Co., Ltd. into Xiangsheng Taxi Co., Ltd., adding several branches, and Glory became the boss of China taxi industry at that time. Shanghai Xiangsheng Company also became the most famous taxi company in China at that time, so Zhou Xiangsheng was also called "the originator of taxi industry in China". At that time, the taxi number of Xiangsheng Company was 40,000, which means "40 million compatriots please call 40,000".

With the establishment of New China, the first taxi company, Capital Automobile Company, appeared in China in 195 1 year. During the period from 195 1 to 1979, all taxis of our company adopted the fixed-point passenger mode, and formulated the first temporary method for renting cars, which divided the urban and suburban areas of Beijing into several blocks and charged them in sections.

1979, Hong Kong businessman Liu Yaozhu founded the first private taxi company in Guangzhou. At that time, Liu Yaozhu painted all 300 taxis in red similar to those in Hong Kong. The familiar taxi business model of "beckoning and stopping" began to spread in Guangzhou and gradually swept across the country, and it is still in use today.

Before 1980s, taximeters were not installed in Guangzhou taxis. At that time, every time after receiving a task, the driver would calculate the mileage of the vehicle according to the odometer and then charge. And no matter what model the vehicle is, it is charged at 56 cents per kilometer. The price will change according to the market changes.

At that time, driven by the tide of reform and opening up, the taxi industry in Guangzhou ushered in the spring of development, and taxi companies mushroomed, and the number of taxis doubled. By 1985, there were more than 7,000 taxi companies in Guangzhou. Due to the rapid development of the industry at that time, there were also many irregular behavior problems, such as irregular driver service and high price. Therefore, in order to standardize the charging standards, Guangzhou took the lead in introducing taxi meters in China on 1989, stipulating that drivers must charge by the meter.

Until now, in the era of rapid development of the Internet, the emergence of a new industry-online car rental has brought a huge impact to the traditional car rental industry. Although taxis have also entered the online carpooling platform, it can still be clearly found that in recent years, more people will still choose online carpooling service, and even the taxis in front will still choose online carpooling service, but this does not mean that the taxi industry has declined, but they will never return to modern people.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.