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The curfew, an additional sledgehammer for taxi and VTC drivers

2020-10-25T19:27:03.335Z


In desperation, drivers are flocking to a shrinking market.Taxi driver in Paris, Adil provided a daily income of 200 euros in September, working from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. “For the past few days, I've been making a maximum of 100 euros ,” he says. I don't even have enough to cover my expenses (rental of the car and the license, gasoline) . The business collapsed after 21 hours . “ With his VTC, Christophe, he recorded a turnover of… 9 euros between 7 am and 10


Taxi driver in Paris, Adil provided a daily income of 200 euros in September, working from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m.

“For the past few days, I've been making a maximum of 100 euros

,” he says.

I don't even have enough to cover my expenses (rental of the car and the license, gasoline)

.

The business collapsed after 21 hours

.

With his VTC, Christophe, he recorded a turnover of… 9 euros between 7 am and 10 am last Tuesday in the capital…

Often at war with each other, the 60,000 taxis and 45,000 VTCs make the same observation: with the curfew, they take yet another hard blow.

“There has been an impact,”

just said Uber, leader of the VTC.

The other players are more vocal: Heetch has seen its business plummet by 40%, Bolt by 30%.

A third of night-time shopping has disappeared at G7, the largest taxi booking platform in Paris.

“But night taxis that are not affiliated with a platform and only work with

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Source: lefigaro

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