TAXI
The main task performed by a taxi is to transport a passenger from one point to another
Today, taxis are popular. Taxis are popular because they are easy to get to
First taxi
At the beginning of the 17th century, carriages appeared in London, which carried passengers for money
In France in the 1640s, such crews also became known as the fiacre, in honor of the Hôtel de Saint Fiacre, near which there was a carriage park.
In the 19th century, horse-drawn taxis began to appear in Poland, and later in the Russian Empire, under the name of track or track.
Taxi with engine
In June 1897, the first gasoline-powered taxis, the Daimler Victoria, appeared in Stuttgart, specially designed for this work by Gottlieb Daimler.
In 1903, taxis with gasoline engines appeared in London. The rules regulated their color - all taxis had to be black
In 1905, Renault taxis began to be sold in Paris, which became extremely popular in the zero years of the 20th century.
Motorized taxis appeared in the Russian Empire in 1907.
In the 1930s, Checker, a company that assembled taxis, was extremely successful in Chicago.
It was this company that made the universal taxi logo
As the years went by the technology changed and so did the taxis. In 2021, we still use taxis, and therefore it is one of the important inventions of mankind