The Russian State Council supported a bill that would give the Government of the Russian Federation the right to require businessmen to use Russian-made cars to work in taxis. In this respect report vedomosti.ru.
“The Transport Commission of the State Council of Russia supported changes in legislation that gave the government the right to demand the localization of cars for passenger taxis,” says the protocol of the commission.
It is noted that the introduction of a new rule will increase the demand for Russian-made cars.
With the proposal to set the requirements for the level of localization of cars used as taxis in January of this year spoke According to him, the introduction of mandatory requirements for the localization of taxis will provide a sales market for domestic automakers in the future with a stable demand of 100-200 thousand cars per year.
Formerly the National Taxi Council Association (NTC) spoke Against the introduction of requirements for the mandatory purchase of domestically assembled cars for taxi companies in Russia.