Minicab app FreeNow/Kapten are updating their general terms and conditions to reflect the service they are offering. The new T&Cs would be better suited to a regulator such as TfL or local council and not just an online app service provider !!!!
This should be a stark wake up call to all the London’s Taxi drivers still using this app.
It’ alleged FreeNow are trying to circumnavigate the new legislation that confirmed drivers on the Uber platform, are entitled to sick/holiday pay and other benefits associated with being an employee.
But worst than this, they are now introducing their own licensing conditions for drivers from both services, wishing to use the app.
Item one, reading through the T&Cs they demand that all drivers, PH and Hackney, be owner drivers…..
g)hold a V5C registration certificate (log book) for the vehicle used to provide the Transportation Services, as applicable.
h) hold a valid MOT for the vehicle used to provide the Transportation Services;
i) hold a valid and appropriate insurance policy for the vehicle used to provide the Transportation Services;
j) hold any and all other consents, licences, permits, approvals, authorities and insurance documents that we may reasonably require you to hold from time to time as a licensed third party transportation provider.
Another condition is that the vehicle you are using in the app PH or Hackney be less than 10 years old. ….
c) ensure that the vehicle used to provide the Transportation Services is not older 10 years old.
This appears to include both the TX4, Vito, Nissan NV200 and TXe as they haven’t added an exemption, for these vehicles. (Much as TfL hasn’t exempt Taxis from LTN restrictions)
Also, be aware…..
FreeNow reserve the right to disclose your identity to any third party.
They are also implementing a new go electric with FreeNow service.
We are pleased to announce our new product feature “Go Electric” for businesses who want to get greener and reduce their Co2 emissions. Go Electric ensures that your employees are taking the lowest emission vehicles when riding with FREE NOW for Business.
With our new Go Electric option, your employees will only be allowed to take business trips in electric black cabs or zero-emission capable PHV vehicles, making sure that you are running your business in a more sustainable way.
Late model TX4 and Vitos (Euro 6) drivers have been given a shock, as FreeNow state that from 2025, all the vehicles on the app will have to be not just ZEC. Meaning that 6 year old TX4s will be kicked off the app.
We have sustainability built into our DNA, and therefore, we’ve pledged to have 100% zero-emission capable vehicles on the app by 2025, ahead of the government's 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles.
Read the new terms and conditions here:
https://free-now.com/uk/driver-gtc/
TAXI LEAKS EXTRA BIT:
So Daimler, partly responsible for the Vito Taxi…. who along with BMW currently own Not So FreeNow, are now going to be expelling Vitos and late model TX4s from their app !!!!
Are they preparing the ground to sell out to Uber after being offered $1B last year
https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/uber-offers-more-1b-buy-daimler-bmws-free-now-report-says
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