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GrabTaxi is now known as Grab

Louie Diangson

GrabTaxi, a smartphone-based e-hailing service in Southeast Asia, has announced that it is dropping the “Taxi” from its name and will be simply called – Grab.

“Today, GrabTaxi is embarking on a new journey. From this day forward we will be known as simply as – Grab.” said Anthony Tan, CEO of Grab, in an e-mail.

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The renaming makes much more sense as the service is not exclusive to just taxis as there are cars, deliveries, helicopters, and bikes. The latter, GrabBike, however, was recently suspended by the LTFRB.

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GrabHeli could be GrabTaxi’s chopper service

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Apparently, it’s not just U-Hop and Uber who’s leveling up their game in providing transportation services to general consumers.

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GrabTaxi posted a teaser image of GrabHeli through their social media accounts with a tagline of “Awesome weekends up in the air” and a probable launch date of November 24, 2015. We are yet to know more about the new offering from GrabTaxi like the rates and areas of coverage for the service. We’ll keep an eye on this, so stay tuned.

Just recently, GrabTaxi offered GrabBike within Makati and Bonifacio Global City. It’s a similar service to habal-habal that is already popular in the area.

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GrabTaxi introduces GrabBike service within Makati and BGC

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Apart from sedan and premium vehicles, transport-app GrabTaxi now offers a new service using motorcycle taxis or locally known as habal-habal.

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The service is called GrabBike and its roll-out is currently limited within the bustling premises of Makati and BGC. A group of habal-habal drivers swarming at the BGC Bus terminus near Ayala-MRT station are already giving similar service to commuters. With the regulation and convenience of booking, they might just have an edge over 4-wheeled vehicles who can’t get pass-thru heavy traffic.

The base fare for GrabBike is Php 40 for the first 2 kilometers and an additional Php 10/km for the succeeding distance within 2-7 kilometers. A discounted Php 5/km rate is applied if your ride exceeds 8 kilometers.

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GrabTaxi introduces GrabBike service within Makati and BGC

Daniel Morial Leave a comment

Apart from sedan and premium vehicles, transport-app GrabTaxi now offers a new service using motorcycle taxis or locally known as habal-habal.

grabbike

The service is called GrabBike and its roll-out is currently limited within the bustling premises of Makati and BGC. A group of habal-habal drivers swarming at the BGC Bus terminus near Ayala-MRT station are already giving similar service to commuters. With the regulation and convenience of booking, they might just have an edge over 4-wheeled vehicles who can’t get pass-thru heavy traffic.

The base fare for GrabBike is Php 40 for the first 2 kilometers and an additional Php 10/km for the succeeding distance within 2-7 kilometers. A discounted Php 5/km rate is applied if your ride exceeds 8 kilometers.

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GrabCar’s Assignment Feature guarantees rides for its users

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GrabTaxi on its Facebook page announces that all GrabCar drivers are now on Assignment Feature which means a subscriber is guaranteed to an exclusive ride to the nearest available driver.

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What this basically does is to somehow push their drivers to accept bookings from passengers as long as they’re available. Failure to maintain a 4/5 acceptance rating is bad news for them and once a driver ignores a request, he will automatically be invisible to other potential passengers on the app. As for how long, we’re not quite sure.

Nevertheless, this is good news for the passengers as they can somehow rest assured that once they book a service from GrabCar, they wouldn’t have to wait long if there’s an available operator nearby.

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