GrabTaxi launches GrabCar in Singapore

Order a premium car on your smartphone.

GrabTaxi, Southeast Asia’s largest taxi-booking mobile phone app, today launched GrabCar, a complementary service that enables users to hire a premium car through their smartphones.

GrabCar operates on the same mobile application platform as GrabTaxi. To make a booking, passengers only need to select “GrabCar” as their car type in the GrabTaxi app.

“The inclusion of GrabCar as part of the GrabTaxi service shows our desire and ability to meet our customers’ needs especially during peak hours. It offers them access to a wider network of taxis as well as premium cars. The inclusion of GrabCar as part of the GrabTaxi network will give our passengers that personalised experience, while at the same time, ensuring quick, safe and reliable rides,” said GrabTaxi founder and Group CEO Anthony Tan.

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In Singapore, commuters want to get to their destination in the quickest possible time. Through data gathered since the launch of GrabTaxi last year, there are still pockets of time when the demand for taxis is not fully matched by supply.

As such, GrabTaxi saw an opportunity to fill this gap through GrabCar without taking away business from their core user base of taxis.

The introduction of GrabTaxi has helped improve an inefficient taxi industry and develop a safer environment for both passengers and drivers.

As a core component of the mobile app, GrabCar continues to uphold the core pillars of GrabTaxi’s service, which are speed, safety and certainty.