Using the Fleet simulator

What is the Fleet Simulator

Karhoo has a Fleet Simulator that simulates Fleet behaviour and allows Developers to test and end-to-end trip.

Access to these simulated Fleets (also referred to as 'Robot' Fleets) are available to all Partners in the Sandbox environment.

Karhoo has setup Fleets to simulate all relevant scenarios. We actively encourage Developers to use these Fleets and test all available scenarios.

Scenarios

Full end-to-end journey with status transitions
Different Fleet types (Fixed vs. Metered) and Vehicle types (Saloon, Exec etc.)
Driver Tracking and Driver details
Simulate Fleet and User cancellations
Meeting points for configured POIs
Additional costs accumulated during the trip e.g. waiting time
Testing Karhoo notifications (when enabled)

Robot Fleets

Karhoo has setup different Robot Fleets:

For specific countries, two 'local' Fleets the represent the majority of Fleet types:

Fixed Fare fleet (Private Hire Fleet)
Metered Fare fleet

Additionally, there are two 'Global' Fleets available in every country to ensure there is coverage in most situations.

Type	Fleet name	Countries	Specifications
Local Meter Fleet	Local Taxi (Robot Fleet UK) - Fleet names have some localisation,	UK, FR, US	1) Fares type: 'Metered' 2) Additional extras and expenses added to every trip: Waiting time: 0.503 3) Localisation e.g. Driver names, phone numbers, and Currency
PHV Fleet	PHV Fleet (Robot Fleet UK) - Fleet names have some localisation,	UK, FR, US	1) Fares type: 'Fixed' 2) Additional extras and expenses added to every trip: Waiting time: 0.50 Tolls: 0.50 3) Localisation e.g. Driver names, phone numbers, and Currency
Global PHV Fleet	Global PHV (Robot Fleet WWW)	Global	1) Fares type: 'Metered' 2) Quote = Final Fare 3) Localisation is set to UK
Global Taxi Fleet	Global Taxi (Robot Fleet WWW)	Global	1) Fares are type 'Fixed' 2) Quote = Final Fare 3) Localisation is set to UK

Example of quote request for UK displaying the local Fleets (yellow icons) and global Fleet also available (pink icons)

1228 — Example of quote request for UK displaying the local Fleets (yellow icons) and global Fleet also available (pink icons)

For specific use-cases, Karhoo has setup Robot Fleets. To avoid accidental bookings, they may be setup in specific locations only:

Use Case	Fleet Name	Description	Location
Fleet Cancellation	'Will Always Decline (Robot Fleet)'	This Fleet will decline shortly after accepting the booking	Worldwide (except New Zealand)
Missing Driver Details	'No Driver Info Fleet (Robot Fleet GB)'	This Fleet does not return driver information (no name, vehicle description, phone number)	Oxford

Other notes:

*All metered Fleet have the same pricing and all PHV fleets have the same pricing structure. Across the range it should be (with some exceptions): Electric < Taxi < Saloon < Exec < MPV

Caveats

Robot fleets behave in a very consistent and deterministic way that obviously differ from the real world. e.g. most fleet are setup with no booking latency, Driver delays, all information available etc.
Not all metadata available (e.g. not every airport is configured)
Fleets 'fly' in a straight line to Pickup and Drop-off instead of following streets
GPS tracking is available reliably for every
real-life edge cases e.g. when a trip gets 'stuck' in a particular state or connection is lost
Fleets are always available and ETA are fast
Except for the fixed €/£/$ 0.50 Waiting time added to metered Fleets, Quote = Final price, whereas with real Taxi fleets, the price is an estimation and the taximeter determines the final price.

Please let us know if you would like to test a specific scenario

Known issues

Too close pickup and destination - Please don't select addresses that are next to one another, otherwise the trip will get stuck. Suggestion is at least 100m apart so that there is some driver tracking data available
The quoted price of Taxi fleets increases with the distance, PHV fleets are set to a fixed price.