PCO Blog

Episode 2: Women in the Private Hire Industry | On The Road Podcast

17th June 2019

In our new podcast, On the Road, we recently spoke to two female drivers who have been working as Private Hire and Uber drivers for a number of years.  This week the debate was interesting, […]

Announcement | Heathrow to introduce an Ultra Low Emission Zone

13th June 2019

Heathrow airport have recently announced that they are planning on introducing a new Ultra Low Emission Zone for passenger cars and private hire vehicles.   When will this happen? This is expected to start in […]

Visit the new Otto Car website | Made for PCO drivers

6th June 2019

Otto Car have recently gone live with a brand new website, aimed at giving PCO drivers even more information and support.  If you’re familiar with our old site, then you might like to know about […]

On The Road – A New Private Hire Podcast Powered by Otto Car

4th June 2019

Otto Car are extremely proud to present our brand new podcast – On The Road. We’ll be meeting up with different people across the private hire industry to discuss news, changes, insights, and the ins […]

Getting a private hire licence in London | What PCO Drivers Need to Prepare

16th May 2019

Congratulations for wanting to become a Private Hire driver,  we think you’re making a great decision! Before you can officially hit the road as a PCO driver, or become a certified Uber partner, you’ll need to […]

How are London PCO Cars currently performing with ULEZ?

It’s National Clean Air Day 2019 across the UK. It’s definitely been an interesting and surprising year for many PCO drivers with the introduction of Congestion Charges and ULEZ, and the city has had to […]

Favourite PCO Cars for PHV drivers | The Results

Here at Otto Car, we’re always interested to find out what PCO drivers are thinking . That’s why we asked the community to pick their favourite PCO cars, and the results are very interesting. We got […]

How to become a certified Uber Driver in London

Why Uber? If you’re on course to be a Private Hire Driver, then odds are you’re thinking of becoming a certified Uber driver too. Uber are by far the biggest operating company for PCO cars […]

Common requests that annoy PCO drivers and polite ways to deal with them.

13th May 2019

The five star rating has become a double edged sword. Although it’s still a great way of letting both drivers and riders know that they’re safe, it’s also becoming a common source of fear for […]

6 cars you won’t believe are PCO licenced in London today.

10th May 2019

Here at Otto Car we provide a number of PCO cars for the PCO community.  However, even we can’t meet every driver’s wishes. In fact, when TfL released a list of the different Private Hire […]