Uber and Lyft mastered the technology to make the on-demand car experience simple and nearly immediate. Traditional black car operators are trying to do the same. But their world is a complicated patchwork of platforms, patents and partnerships. No initiative has unified the industry, and more pop up all the time.

Sorting out on-demand capabilities means aggregating supply across providers and their affiliates. Only at scale can the car services industry . . .

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