The ETIOCA prototype at Europa Point, Gibraltar, at dusk
ETIOCA Group · Gibraltar · founded 2021

A new standard for the city taxi.

One group that designs the vehicle, builds the platform and operates the fleet, with its own cars, its own app and drivers on salaried contracts. First markets: the United Kingdom and Europe, from 2028.

Exhibit 01 · Europa Point, Gibraltar
Patent pending
PCT, United States and China applications for the ETIOCA transport and payment system
Milan, 2022
Functional prototype unveiled to press, partners and public on 29 September 2022
31 countries
European road show of the prototype, January 2023 to February 2025
Edison 2027
Official nominee, Edison Awards, Transportation category
What ETIOCA is

Something like Uber, with its own cars, service and app.

Today's taxi market is fragmented: cars owned by drivers, apps owned by platforms, safety left to chance. ETIOCA brings the three together under one group and one standard, so a city gets a fleet it can rely on and a passenger gets the same safe ride every time.

ETIOCA prototype with its access ramp deployed
01 · The vehicle

Purpose-built for the job

A taxi designed from the ground up: a separate driver cabin behind a full partition, step-free access with a ramp, cameras, a server-monitored alcohol interlock and room for luggage, bikes and skis.

Driver cockpit of the ETIOCA prototype
02 · The platform

One app, one account

Booking, payment, in-ride services, on-board screens and the on-board shop run on ETIOCA's own software. Each trip goes to the nearest car, and the platform produces a stream of mobility data and insights in line with GDPR.

ETIOCA prototype collecting passengers
03 · The operator

Our cars, our drivers

ETIOCA owns and runs its fleet. Drivers are employed, not gig workers, and each car is shared by three shifts for up to 20 hours a day. More than 100,000 driver jobs are planned from 2033.

The story · 2015 – 2028

Ten years from an idea to a fleet.

ETIOCA concept, 2015
Concept2015
2015

The idea

Mark Ishakov begins to develop the idea: a taxi system in which the vehicle, the platform and the operator belong together.

2021
February 2021

ETIOCA Holding founded

With the business model and the vehicle concept complete, ETIOCA is registered in Gibraltar to build the prototype and turn the idea into reality.

Clay scale model of the ETIOCA vehicle
Exhibit 02Turin
2022

From clay to metal

The vehicle is modelled, engineered and hand-built as a functional prototype in Turin.

First ETIOCA prototype presented in Turin, June 2022
Exhibit 0320.06.2022
June 2022

First presentation

The first prototype is presented to partners and guests in Turin.

ETIOCA unveiling event in Milan
Exhibit 0429.09.2022
September 2022

Unveiled in Milan

The functional prototype is unveiled at a press conference in Milan.

ETIOCA prototype at Madrid-Barajas airport
Exhibit 05Madrid
2023 – 2025

31 countries

A road show across Europe and the United Kingdom, meeting cities, ministries, operators and drivers.

2025
2025 – 2026

Industrial partner

Negotiations with a leading global car maker for series production of the ETIOCA vehicle.

2026
October 2026

UK company formed

ETIOCA (UK) Limited is incorporated in England and Wales as the UK operating company.

2028
From 2028

First fleets

Planned start of operations in the United Kingdom and in Europe, beginning with Benelux and the Baltic states.

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Mark Ishakov, founder and chairman of ETIOCA
Mark Ishakov · Turin, September 2022
Founder and chairman

I have spent ten years building ETIOCA. We are looking for partners, not just capital.

Mark Ishakov is an engineer and inventor with more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry and in patents.

  • 25+ yearsIT industry and technology project leadership
  • PatentsInventor of patented products, from design to manufacture
  • From 2006LED advertising screens for taxi roofs, distributed internationally
  • From 2015ETIOCA
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Recognition and press

Seen, tested, discussed.

Edison Awards 2027 nominee

ETIOCA is an official nominee of the 2027 Edison Awards (Transportation, Aerospace and Flight) for the ETIOCA Productive Mobility Infrastructure Platform.