Info Negocios Madrid - The future of the taxi is on the corner: ETIOCA is electric and disruptive

They look different on the outside, right? But the biggest difference that ETIOCA Holding proposes with its Miner taxi prototype is in the design of the business model where taxi drivers do not buy but rent the vehicles for use.

They went through Barcelona and this left the stop of the ETIOCA Road Show 2023 World Tour.
ETIOCA Taxi “Miner” comes after five years of analyzing the needs of the taxi sector and urban mobility trends. It is a vehicle designed for taxi drivers and assigned for their use, without the need for advance payments, with daily electrical charging (battery exchange), daily washing, insurance, and ordinary and extraordinary maintenance.
Yes Yes. In ETIOCA’s business model, businessmen - taxi drivers are not required to buy a car, but rather have it for their own use. The functional prototype “Miner”, designed and manufactured in Turin (Italy), was in the busy parking lot of the Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat airport, in what was its first outing on the road in Spain. Those in charge of presenting the peculiarities of the project to the taxi drivers were Mark Ishakov, an Israeli businessman and inventor, who has founded and developed ETIOCA, and the company’s CEO, Roberto Fiorello. “We intend to guide cultural and social change towards sustainable mobility, offering solutions that protect the environment and increase the quality of life of future generations. The ETIOCA ecosystem has the basis to guide the transition towards electric mobility that is at the service of the urban communities of the future, which aspire to reduce emissions and traffic in cities, introducing sustainable, functional and shared vehicles”, explains Mark. Ishakov.
The Road Show is also the occasion to present a new generation of service vehicles built on “Anna”, the platform that is based on a modular architecture from which Miner has been developed, and that allows different vehicle configurations, not only taxis, but also work vehicles (last mile delivery), ambulances, emergency vehicles, security and defense vehicles, with the aim of making all forms of road transport sustainable.

Currently, taxi drivers have the possibility of filling out a pre-reservation form, which is available on the website www.ETIOCA.com, where they can register with a payment of 100 euros. This amount makes it possible to manage the feasibility of the order and is returned to future drivers on the ETIOCA debit card the same day the vehicle is delivered, starting in 2024.
“A disconcerting fact that emerged in the meeting with the taxi drivers in Barcelona – adds Roberto Fiorello – is that every day the approximately 10,000 taxi drivers in the Catalan city travel half of their work time (1,250,000 km in this city) “empty ”, without passengers, releasing 250 tons of CO2 into the air. ETIOCA “Miner”, the first electric taxi with its own network and user application, aims to drastically reduce “empty” trips and emissions”.
By the end of 2024, the first 10,000 ETIOCA taxis will be in circulation. Annual production in 2025 will be 45,000 units, and will reach 100,000 units per year in 2027, with an initial investment of US$400 million.
90,000 pre-reservations are currently under negotiation in Italy, Spain, Israel, Latvia, and to speed up production times, an agreement with an Italian strategic partner for the use of a production plant is in an advanced stage of negotiation.
In “Miner”, the first functional prototype, the driver’s position is isolated from the rest of the taxi, it is fully equipped and guarantees high levels of safety and protection. This vehicle is easily accessible, has no barriers and has seven modular seats for passengers, as well as one for people with reduced mobility, who can access the interior without help, using an automatic lifting platform. Also, “Miner” allows you to comfortably transport large leisure objects, such as bicycles, skis and snowboards. “Miner” moves with an electric motor that delivers a power of 120 kW (163 CV) and reaches a maximum speed limited to 150 km/h. It is 4.95 meters long, 1.95 meters wide and 2.01 meters high, with a 3.5-meter wheelbase and two-wheel drive.
The weight of the vehicle is close to two tons and, having a low center of gravity, it boasts comfortable driving and safe behavior on the road.
The vehicle is recharged thanks to the quick exchange of batteries at specific stations. The batteries, with a capacity of 100 KWh, guarantee a range of up to 350 kilometers (in WLTP urban cycle).