Japan's Sony Corp to form alliance to build tax-hailing system - Nikkei

Daiwa Motor Transportation

19/02/2018 21:58

Feb 20 (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp  6758.T  plans to form 
a joint venture to develop an artificial intelligence-based 
taxi-hailing system in Japan, the Nikkei Asian Review reported 
on Tuesday. 
    Partners for the joint venture include Daiwa Motor 
Transportation  9082.T , Hinomaru Kotsu, Kokusai Motorcars, 
Green Cab and the Checker Cab group to build the platform, it 
said. 
    Japanese companies have been aiming to roll out ride-hailing 
services amid a global battle to control the technology 
increasingly central to urban transport, the latest being a 
venture between China's Didi Chuxing and SoftBank Group Corp 
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 (Reporting by Susan Mathew in Bengaluru; editing by John 
Stonestreet) 
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