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Haxi (stylized as HAXI) is a
vehicle for hire A vehicle for hire is a vehicle providing private transport or shared transport for a fee, in which passengers are generally free to choose their points or approximate points of origin and destination, unlike public transport, and which they ...
company that enables users to share transport on short and mid range distances. The name is a
portmanteau A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordstaxi A taxi, also known as a taxicab or simply a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride. A taxicab conveys passengers between locations of their choice ...
". Registered users can be drivers, passengers, or both. Drivers active more than three days per month need an access pass or a subscription plan. Unregistered users cannot get contact details on other users. No registration is needed to logon. The firm's mobile applications facilitates transportation by enabling passengers who need a ride to request one from available "community drivers".


History

Haxi was incorporated by
Aleksander Soender Haxi (stylized as HAXI) is a vehicle for hire company that enables users to share transport on short and mid range distances. The name is a portmanteau of "hack" and "taxi". Registered users can be drivers, passengers, or both. Drivers active mor ...
, Joonas Kirsebom and Robert Daniel Nagy in February 2014. The service was launched as a web app in
Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...
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Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
December 2013. Applications for Android and iPhone was released in March 2014. Haxi is available in
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. The company is based in
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funding for Haxi was secured in June 2014. Since December 2013, Haxi has grown to the biggest ridesharing network in Norway. In June 2014, it was estimated that 11,000 Norwegians were using Haxi. By August 2014, that number has risen to 31,000 users with over 2,000 registered drivers in Norway alone. In September 2014, Haxi surpassed 3,000 registered drivers, and has 42,000 users, with 72% using the app more than once. At this growth rate, Haxi is expected to become bigger than the whole Norwegian taxi force combined by December 2014. Haxi is mentioned as one of the most interesting companies in the ridesharing market Worldwide.Money Talks News ''Money Talks News'' is a nationally syndicated consumer/personal finance news series and website offering tips and advice on investing, saving money and avoiding rip offs in the United States market. It is hosted by Stacy Johnson. The program ...
"> In June 2014, Norwegian Taxi Association CEO, Lars Hjelmeng, estimated that ridesharing via Haxi and social media is generating up to one billion NOK (
Norwegian Krone The krone (, abbreviation: kr (also NKr for distinction); code: NOK), plural ''kroner'', is currency of the Kingdom of Norway (including Svalbard). Traditionally known as the Norwegian crown in English. It is nominally subdivided into 100 ''Ã ...
) annually. In March 2017 the total number of active drivers on Haxi passed the 10.000 mark in Scandinavia.


Products


HaxiStar

The HaxiStar - Explorer Version is an electronic roof top sign and light designed by
Lars Holme Larsen Lars Holme Larsen is a Danish designer, known for founding Danish industrial design studiKilo Designand co-founding Danish design collaboration KiBiSi with Bjarke Ingels and Jens Martin Skibsted. Lars Larsen is a graduate of the Royal Danish Ac ...
from Kilo Design in collaboration with Haxi. The lightning device is inspired by a mix of the traditional taxi top sign and gadgets like the Little Tree/Wunderbaum air freshener. It has multiple placement options; roof, dashboard, and rear mirror. The light is controlled by a simple remote control with two settings; pulsing for waiting and steady light for available. HaxiStar was tested among drivers in Norway and Denmark throughout 2016. Haxi drivers with a subscription plan get the HaxiStar device for free.


Business Model

Haxi operates under a
freemium Freemium, a portmanteau of the words "free" and "premium," is a pricing strategy by which a basic product or service is provided free of charge, but money (a premium) is charged for additional features, services, or virtual (online) or physical (o ...
business model (basic services are free, while additional features for drivers are offered via access passes and paid subscriptions). Haxi makes its revenues by selling access passes and subscriptions to drivers. Paid products are currently only active within selected geographical areas.


Accounts and subscriptions

As of February 2018, the three Haxi access passes and subscription types, all offering unlimited access, are:


Controversy


Norway

Since Haxi officially launched in December 2013, there has been much media attention on the topic of
illegal taxicab operation Illegal taxicabs, sometimes known as pirate taxis, gypsy cabs, or jitney cabs, are taxicabs and other for-hire vehicles that are not duly licensed or permitted by the jurisdiction in which they operate. Most major cities worldwide require taxicabs ...
in the Norwegian press. On March 9, 2014, local taxi drivers drove two students from Stavanger to Copenhagen for free as a protest against Haxi. On August 28, 2014, the Norwegian Taxi Association and taxi operator I-taxi notified the police about a Haxi user for unlicensed taxi operation. The case was later dropped by the police in Grimstad. On October 7, 2014, the Norwegian Transport Worker Association notified the police in Oslo about Haxi for operating an unlicensed taxi operation. A week later, on October 13, 2014, the police in Oslo informed the Norwegian Transport Worker Association that the case against Haxi was dropped. From September to November 2014, undercover agents from Stavanger Police booked several rides from Haxi drivers. In December 2014, investigators began to interview drivers and fine them for 8.000 NOK and three months confiscation of the car for breaking the Yrketransportlov. On December 17, 2014, Stavanger Police published a press release saying 3 of 8 Haxi users were official taxi drivers using the service for spontaneous ridesharing. Haxi advised all drivers to decline the fine and offered all drivers financial and legal support to test the case in court. Three Haxi drivers accepted this offer from Haxi and declined to pay the fines. On May 11, 2015, the trial started against three drivers from the Haxi community in the Stavanger District Court (Tingrett). The three drivers were granted
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by the judge because of the principle which is rare in
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cases. Main discussion points between the prosecutor, police lawyer, Stian Eskeland and the defendant Torbjørn Kolås Sognefest from Advokatfirmaet Elden were police
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, the taxi law Yrketransportloven,
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, and the definition of
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. On May 20, 2015, the three Haxi drivers accused of breaking the Norwegian taxi law Yrketransportloven were acquitted by three concurring judges in the Stavanger District Court. Stavanger Police lost the case against the three Haxi drivers because prosecutor Stian Eskeland could not convince the judges that the Haxi app was part of public space. Spontaneous ridesharing via Haxi was announced legal in local media. On June 2, 2015, the prosecutor Stian Eskeland from the Stavanger Police announced that they have appealed the acquittal of the three Haxi drivers to the
Gulating Court of Appeal The Gulating Court of Appeal ( no, Gulating lagmannsrett) is one of six Court of appeal (Norway), courts of appeal in the Norway, Kingdom of Norway. The Court is located in the city of Bergen (city), Bergen. The court has jurisdiction over the cou ...
(Lagmannsrett). On February 11, 2016, the appeal trial started in the Gulating Court of Appeal in
Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...
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against the three Haxi drivers who were acquitted by the Stavanger District Court in May 2015. On February 15, 2016, the three Haxi drivers were acquitted by the seven concurring judges in Gulating Court of Appeal. February 29, 2016, Stavanger Police announced the case was appealed for the
Supreme Court of Norway The Supreme Court of Norway (Norwegian Bokmål: ''(Norges) Høyesterett''; Norwegian Nynorsk: ''(Noregs) Høgsterett''; lit. ‘Highest Court’) was established in 1815 on the basis of section 88 in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway, whi ...
. on April 5, 2016, the Supreme Court of Norway accepted the appeal by the
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. In June 2016, The Supreme Court of Norway ruled that the Haxi app could not be considered a "public place", and that thus, using Haxi cannot be considered illegal based on the transport law that prohibits offering person transport on a public place. In June 2017, the three drivers received compensation for unjustified prosecution from Statens Sivilrettsforvaltning


Denmark

In June 2014, Haxi drivers started appearing in Denmark. On the July 10, 2014, the Danish Transport Authority notified the police about Haxi for operating an unlicensed taxi service. On July 29, 2014, Haxi requested the Danish Transport Authority to revoke the note to the police. March 21, 2016, Danish Police announced all Haxi investigations were cancelled.


References


External links

* {{Official website, www.haxi.me Privately held companies of Norway Ridesharing companies Road transport in Norway Online companies of Norway Transport companies of Norway Transport companies established in 2014 Transport software