Through an expansion into GrabCab Fleet, VINCAR Group has recently strengthened its partnership with Grab.
Passengers can now call for transport right at their doorstep and leave the honking and swearing at the border checkpoints to someone else.
This will now bring the total number of taxi operators to six, with the licence having a validity of 10 years and a commencement date of 9 April 2025.
Grab has announced an expansion of its transport offerings with the introduction of two new on-demand premium ride options.
Ride-hailing firm GrabCar has been fined $16,000 for the unauthorised disclosure of the names and mobile numbers of 120,747 customers in marketing e-mails.
Grab has launched a first-of-its-kind, free insurance scheme that protects driver-partners against the loss of earnings due to illness or injury.
Grab rolled out a new reward programme yesterday that guarantees up to a five-figure monthly income, but some say hitting targets regularly will be hard.
Grab will introduce a tiered rewards programme pegged to weekly trip targets that guarantees gross monthly incomes of $6,888 to $11,888, before deducting costs.
Grab has ceased its GrabHitch Inter-Country Service, which was deemed illegal by the Land Transport Authority soon after it was launched a year ago.
GrabHitch is one of several carpooling services to emerge after laws were passed in 2015 to allow drivers to be paid for offering rides within Singapore.
Commuters in Singapore might soon be able to pay for street-hail taxis using the Grab app, the company announced at its fifth anniversary event yesterday.
'Dynamic pricing', as used by GrabCar and Uber, means private-hire cars are generally cheaper than taxis during off-peak hours and after midnight.
Grab is ramping up its research and development efforts by opening up two new centres in Asia and adding 800 new jobs over the next two years.
The impact of ride-hailing apps like Uber and Grab extend beyond the disruption of the taxi business, it also caused the rental car population to soar.
Grab currently has another carpooling service - GrabHitch - but it uses a separate group of drivers who ferry others on a not-for-profit basis.
A fatal crash on 25th September, involving an Uber car and a lorry, raises questions about adequate insurance and training of private-hire car drivers.
A driver with SMRT Taxis has been banned from the ride-sharing service after giving bogus destinations and pick up points.
Introducing Grab's new '$0 Rental Plan' - a programme for drivers to cover the rental cost of a car just by driving a few hours a day with Grab.
A new pay-as-you-use insurance policy by AXA Insurance Singapore was launched for private hire car drivers operating under the Grab app.
The taxi authorities and passengers have called for more clarity about how private hire cars used by GrabCar and Uber are insured.