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CTOnews.com, September 3 (Xinhua) according to the Russian satellite news agency, Yandex asked Chinese automakers BAIC and Chery, as well as local Russian automakers Volga and Belarusian automakers Unison, to provide vehicles to leasing companies in cooperation with Yandex.Taxi. After the lease is completed, the taxi company will take over the car and turn it into its own property.

In this regard, Chery Automobile Russia representative office confirmed that it has cooperated with Yandex.Taxi. Zit Ignatyev, manager of corporate sales and used cars in Chery Russia, commented: "We provide rental cars for commercial use."

CTOnews.com learned that Yandex is not a car rental company, but intends to act as an intermediary between taxi companies and carmakers and arrange taxi supplies while ensuring that they are used for taxis. To keep the fleet updated, Yandex needs more than 50, 000 new cars a year.

According to reports, Yandex.Taxi has previously mainly used models produced by Kia, Skoda and Volkswagen in the largest "economical" market, but these companies are no longer in the center of the market.

The shortage of Russian taxi companies due to the epidemic and other reasons, coupled with the 2022 sanctions against the background of a number of automakers have chosen to leave Russia, the situation has further worsened.

Citymobil reports that taxi companies are now actively fighting for cars to update their fleet because there is little left in the Russian market. Fleet owners have begun to look for new suppliers among Asian manufacturers, and the average cost of cars abroad and at home has doubled.

In April, Yandex.Drive, a car-sharing service, faced lease expiration, which could cause them to lose 1/3 of their fleet orders. At the time, Yandex's main customers said they did not want to supply cars at the old price because of higher rates, and issued quotas for taxis and car-sharing services, and then the cost of "big rent" for a car increased from 79000 rubles to 96,000 rubles (about 10944 yuan).

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