not in malaysia.

IINM, Uber KL did offer rental of car to do Uber. Last time I check, it was RM500 per week. Dunno if they stopped doing that already.

Uber Black is niche market.
but ull get $$ easily.
hahaha



what did you guys manage to make last week?
pheww. did around rm1,350 last week.

the weekends was marvelous! surge from am-pm

Uber And Grab May Be Legalised By Year-End
Published on Tuesday, 03 May 2016 09:04
http://malaysiandigest.com/frontpage/29-4-...y-year-end.html

KUALA LUMPUR: Uber and Grab may be legalised by year-end following an endorsement by the Special Economic Committee (SEC) chaired by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

A proposal to this effect was submitted by the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) last month and it also includes details to revive and transform the conventional taxi industry.

The "e-hailing" proposal is expected to be presented to the Cabinet for the final go-ahead later this month.

theSun understands that among the proposals for the conventional taxi industry is a profit-sharing concept or guaranteed percentage of the day's income for cabbies, similar to the business model practised by Jakarta's Blue Bird Taxi Company, Dubai Taxi Corporation and in other cities around the globe.

Dubbed as the first of its kind in the world, Malaysia's "e-hailing" model will create a level playing field between Uber drivers and conventional cabbies for efficient and well-priced transport services.

"A person offering his or her private vehicle as taxi service must obtain a public service vehicle (PSV) licence and register with SPAD for vetting purposes," a government insider said.

"Private cars used as taxis will be required to undergo annual inspections with Puspakom along with enhanced insurance coverage just like taxis," he said.

"Private cars with Asean NCAP ratings will be given priority in addition to the safety specifications set by the Road Transport Department."

It is expected around 130,000 new Uber and Grab drivers (full-time and part-time) will co-exist and compete in the saturated taxi market as a result of the "e-hailing" initiative. There are 67,000 active taxi drivers throughout the country with 36,000 cabbies in the Klang Valley. It is learned that the government is taking steps for Uber (the company) to be subjected to taxation when the e-hailing takes off.

"For a while, Uber passengers' credit card transactions have seen massive flow of the ringgit out of the country," the insider clarified.

It is also learned that the new taxi industry landscape will indirectly drive the taxi drivers to embrace third-party booking apps since the current usage rate among the cabbies nationwide stands at 14% while the consumers penetration for car-hailing apps is more than 50%.

When contacted, SPAD chief executive officer Mohd Azharuddin Mat Sah confirmed the presentation last Tuesday received positive response from the SEC.

“Now we are in the midst of fine tuning the paper to Cabinet in the next few weeks,” he said.

SPAD chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar said should the Cabinet give the green light, "several laws need to be amended such as the Land Public Transport Act 2010, Road Transport Act 1987 and Communications and Multimedia Act 1998."

“The legislation process may take place during this month or October sitting in Parliament. Currently, we are working closely with Transport Ministry and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission,” he said.

“If everything goes well, a new dawn of taxi industry may begin end of the year,” Syed Hamid added.

- The Sun Daily

This post has been edited by propusers: May 3 2016, 10:13 AM

wow, i make RM300+ only for Sat and Sun.
got my first KLIA trip on 1 May 9pm, and received another req when return from KLIA.

Thanks for the reply bro, so far they have not approved my application,
I am driving a 2014 Black Mercedes A250

They even rent out those iPad or smartphone too, but not anymore.

May I know how to disable all the SMS from Uber?

130,000 new Uber and Grab drivers (full-time and part-time)
every1 can be drive

NO more taxis company
Uber / GrabCar ONLY

wow! Mercedes A250!

How is the fuel consumption?
after deduct petrol and maintenance, can earn for living?

yr car only can register for UberX
I can rate u 5star
Almera 4star ,Saga 3star ,Myvi 2star ,Axia 1star

Now guys bfore i took uber and grabcar i always use taxis everyday to work.

A few things you have to realized, the cost will go up, then if you past to consumers it will increase my cost so i might think twice using your service.

Other thing, i interviewed taxi drivers a lot before this, so if you are going for that puspakom inspection, they will ask for bribes indiscreetly just like a traffic police in malaysia...biasela, malaysia ni mane mane rasuah. If u dont pay then they will fail your inspection and you have to que again wasting time and more money.

And i just want to say that i support to legalize both grabcar and uber, however any increase in cost for me i object vehemently. I hope uber and grabcar can fight this out. First none of this bullshit puspakom inspection, it will be a hassle for the drivers and of course no commercial insurance please. It is going to be more than twice of the normal rate i believe. So i hope u drivers stand together on these. It will definitely kill off the part time drivers and again drive the cost up for you and ultimately me, the riders. I dont want that.

In the end i am just a rider asking for cheap rides around KL...actually to my place of work everyday.

Everyone is asking for the best value, if possible, free right? Ultimately, it is fine balance between making decent income to cover operating cost between the rider and driver. On rider end, it best if it free, but, on driver end, it best as high as possible. Thus, economic 101, where demand meet supply at equibilium level, where both party comfortable.

If really the cost went up, ultimately, you may stop, but, sorry to say that, who are you just one of many happy rider? As much as we would like to keep the fare low without compromising the quality of the service, but, with inpending of numerous ambigious rules, such as puspakom inspection, commercial insurance, etc......do government say that those private vehicle are not roadworthy and more dangerous? How often do you heard or saw Uberor Grab meet accident? What do the choice as we as driver and rider have? Ultimately, this cost will need to pass back to rider, and like it or not, I believe the fare will be ultimately equivalent, if not higher than taxi

It is not you that will stop taking uber or grab, I believe many driver, especially part time driver will stop completely too, due to the hassle. And, it will become slow death for both uber and grab, as less driver, rider get frustrated, and back to taxi again.

This is a classic example of how, a perfectly fine system, where basic economic, demand and supply, the market force dictate being distorted by some "higher" up to protect some minority due to they unable to compete with changes. We all shall see how the new system come about, just like when Uber decide to slash the fare, there are quite a number driver switch to Grab, and now both Grab and Uber both not only compete for rider, but passenger. Ultimately, they will be price equilibirium what rider willing to pay and driver willing to drive. Any distortion by government will only distort, if not killed off the system

End of day, Uber and Grab doesn't care how much driver earned, or even able to cover the the operating cost, all they care is take a cut from the fare. For driver, ultimately, got to decide it is worthwhile continue driving with the existing fare.

This post has been edited by 2feidei: May 3 2016, 11:07 PM

My point is this.

The current system works. No need to change. The fare is fine, the incentives are fine, the rating system works. And even passengers have ratings for uber. No need to increase more burden and costs to the current system. Any change should be protested coz it just increase costs.

And uber will always have surge to help them earn more than taxi fares themselves.

If u dont like grab go for uber, if dont like uber go for grab. I am doing the same thing by choosing which to ride with. And end of the day can still take taxi and sometimes taxi can even be cheaper than grabcar or uber during surge period, i am speaking from somebody who always take all three public transport, but nowadays i seldom use taxi anymore unless i predict that taxi fare is going to be cheaper than the other two for my ride on that day...or if there are no uber or grabcar drivers.

The current system is fine for both consumer and driver, but, not for the taxi drivers and government. Plus, I foresee, any increase in petrol prices in future without any increase in fare will further reduce the availability of driver.

Currently, speaking on behalf as driver, I notice that there still room for more driver, as certain area still very high in demand, in those core service area. The driver still able to earn a decent earning if based in those core area, but, gone the days where drivers can make enormous income.

Any changes to the system, or petrol prices, will definitely affect the availability of the vehicle, as this will restrict supply, and definitely, it will back to square one, just like pre-Uber, pre-Grab days, either you drive or expect to get get sub-standard ride from majority taxi, or you expect to pay more.

If the car is fine..there's actually no need to bribe puspakom.

this is Malaysia weY...didn't pay bribe even ok also can become not OK

Thats what you think.

They will try and find any details to failed you. Not all puspakom officers will be like this. But u will definitely meet one if you drive long enough. Just ask the taxi drivers.

This post has been edited by BuyAmaya: May 4 2016, 07:46 AM

You think too much la. So far I deal with police .. if no problem, police won't kacau you one. Unless you got something to hide from them.

I'm just trying to say don't think all government workers is like that.

This post has been edited by bcteh: May 4 2016, 11:28 AM

The main problem is the tinted private car can pass Puspakom or not?

This post has been edited by propusers: May 4 2016, 11:47 AM