About the operation model of Shanghai taxis

There are still about a thousand individual taxis in Shanghai, with license numbers starting with BX. This is an issue left over from history. In order to solve the shortage of taxi capacity at that time, Shanghai issued some taxi license plates and operating licenses to a group of self-employed people 20 years ago. Now this license plate alone is worth more than 200,000 yuan.

Shanghai’s taxi operation model has actually not changed in more than 10 years. Let me focus on the individual cars you may be most concerned about. About 10 years ago, in order to rectify and standardize the taxi market, Shanghai stipulated that individual taxis must be affiliated with a taxi company with business qualifications before they can operate. Now, they pay a management fee of about 2,000 yuan to the company every month, and then bear all the expenses themselves. Including insurance, road maintenance fees, vehicle renewal and repair, gasoline, fines, etc. In theory, you have to accept the management of the company. But in fact, the only companies that allow individual cars to be affiliated are small taxi companies, and the management of individual cars is very weak. At present, the service quality of Shanghai's taxi industry is relatively poor for this type of individual cars. If you have a problem, calling the company will hardly solve the problem. Just complaining to the customer service office will help.

For other taxis, the company bids for licenses, and after purchasing the car, it is contracted and operated by an individual. Each car has to pay the company nearly 10,000 yuan in contract fees every month, and the driver is responsible for gasoline, parking, fines and other expenses. You also need to pay a risk fee of 5,000 to 10,000 yuan to the company first. The company provides drivers with simple employment training, pays four housing allowances and medical insurance, and purchases basic vehicle insurance. For repairs, large companies have their own repair shops with favorable prices. In addition, large companies have a better reputation, have more passengers who call for rides, and have GPS dispatch and Some designated hotel pick-up sites. However, large companies also have very strict management of these drivers. For example, some large companies stipulate that drivers will be fired immediately if they refuse to take a ride once or charge more than 50 yuan more at one time, and their risk money will be confiscated. Therefore, the service quality is better than that of large companies, and complaints are handled very responsibly.