Traditionally, taxis find passengers by simply driving along, and this old-fashioned way of operating usually has an idling rate of over 40%, leading to a series of problems, such as low driver income, high fuel consumption, and serious urban pollutions. The Taxi Smart Assistant is the industry's first in-vehicle product equipped with intelligent cruising functions which, with taxi equipment linkage, can help drivers operate more efficiently and increase their revenue.
Alipay, together with Gaode Map, provides an intelligent cruising solution facilitated by traffic data, helping taxis to accurately determine fare hotspots and optimised routes.
And by using the intelligent assistant to guide drivers to take orders, the efficiency of taxi pick-ups can be significantly improved, solving a long standing problem in the industry: the difficulty in picking up orders for taxi drivers and getting a taxi for passengers. The assistant can also provide drivers with additional services, such as a more convenient way to collection payments, covid prevention and control measures, voice assisted inquiring system, etc.
It is the first in-vehicle product to help taxis solve their operation problems. When the cruising function is turned on, the intelligent assistant can identify the idling or busy status of taxis and quickly generate cruising solutions based on the current location and nearby hot zones. It also links with the meter in the car, reads the amount generated on the meter and automatically generates a QR code for payments, which is safer and more efficient than traditional manual system. Its multimodal interaction allows drivers and passengers to have a smarter experience and solves the safety problems associated with the single touch screen system while driving.
