The Daimler Victoria First Gas Powered Taxi with Taximeter.

Friedrich Greiner was founded the Stuttgart transportation Company, Friedrich Greiner’s new motor car is said to have reached the frightening speed of 18 miles per hour. The name “taxicab” came from the “taximetre”which had been invented by a German professional inventor Wilhelm Bruhn in 1891. The terms “taxi” to transport, “cab” meaning movable chamber. These have been around for centuries.The First First Gas Powered Taxi with Taximeter Daimler Victoria built 1897 Gottlieb Daimler, the Daimler Victoria was operated in Stuttgart as the first gasoline powered motorized taxi which featured a built-in taxi meter.