Categories: Auto News

The State Duma is again discussing the localization of taxi cars

Corresponding bill of the lower house [приняла](https://motor.ru/news/local-taxi-17-01-2024.htm) in the first reading a year ago, and now it is being prepared for the second, Izvestia write. Manufacturers for: in their opinion, the law will support the auto industry and protect the taxi park. However, experts are afraid of rising prices, falling the quality of services, bankruptcy of transport companies and the development of shadow breeding.

Deputies propose to introduce requirements to the level of localization, which they want to evaluate in points. Their number will depend on how localized production is – what is the share of domestic components, units and components. What will be the minimum tolerance score is still unclear.

Such a law will become “a kind of protection for the entire industry of taxi transportation,” said Maxim Sokolov, head of AvtoVAZ, who already proposed “expel” a foreign car from the taxi sphere. According to him, the same mechanisms for supporting the domestic automobile industry as in other branches of public transport should be applied there. Moreover, not all taxis should become “frets”.

The price of prices is three times: Moscow predicted the next rise in price of a taxi, Russian taxi drivers received thousands of LADA cars in Russia to ban the increase in the cost of taxi for parents with children

President Vladimir Putin instructed to develop the requirements for the localization of taxi and car sharing cars back in 2023. In January 2025, he again noted that a taxi in our country should be domestic production, but added, it is necessary to take into account the interests of carriers.

Experts believe that the law must be approached with all seriousness: the rash introduction of requirements can lead to the departure from the market of many taxi drivers and the growth of tariffs. This also threatens the bankruptcy of taxi pork, a decrease in the quality of services and the heyday of the “gray” taxi drivers.

These are ours: all the novelties of the domestic auto industry 2024

Recent Posts

Owners of Evolute i-Joy: a cat can easily get under the hood

In December last year, the Motorinvest company opened sales of the second generation Evolute i-Joy…

There is a shortage of car washes in Moscow

6 thousand points of all types cannot cope with servicing 4 million passenger cars registered…

Production of Tank 300 frame SUVs will be launched in Kaliningrad

The start of vehicle assembly is scheduled for the second quarter of 2026. Cooperation between…

Restoration of the ZIM car from the Transport Museum has been completed in Moscow

A seven-seater sedan with a monocoque body was produced at the Gorky Automobile Plant from…

Lexus introduced an updated LM minivan with silent tires

The Japanese automaker continues to gradually improve its flagship minivan, which debuted in the current…

Autostat: in Russia, sales of Xcite crossovers decreased by 3 times in a month

In February 2026, only 128 new cars of this brand were registered, the production of…