Transportation company Uber will offer services using regular, licensed taxi drivers in Germany, where taxi associations have been attempting to stop it from operating.
Uber will start its UberTaxi service, which uses regular taxi drivers to pick up rides in their down time, in Berlin and Hamburg before introducing it in other cities, according to Reuters.
Though UberTaxi's prices often undercut those of the regular taxi organizations trying to stop the company, the service can benefit individual drivers by finding them passengers during down times.
The UberTaxi service is already running in places like New York and London.
Uber will introduce it in Germany after attempts to launch other services were blocked.
Courts in Berlin and Hamburg have banned Uber's classic low-cost, limousine pick-up service UberBlack as well as UberPop, a newer ride-sharing service.
UberPop links private drivers with passengers, according to Reuters.
The courts said Uber's drivers didn't comply with German law for the commercial transportation of passengers. The company responded by saying it would modify its UberBlack service to comply with the Berlin court ruling, while also appealing against it.
Uber, which was recently valued at $18 billion, is also considering contesting the Hamburg ruling. It has been shadowed by skirmishes with taxi operators and local authorities in a number of cities where it operates, starting in San Francisco.
Last week, the Berlin court said there was no way of telling if private drivers using the UberPop mobile phone app were fit for the special responsibility of carrying passengers.
It added that the UberBlack service didn't meet legal requirement for taxis to return to their service center and fell between regulations for rental car and taxi services, according to Reuters.
Uber is active in 43 counties and has only pulled out of Vancouver, Canada, as of press time.
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