Talk:Auto rickshaw

message: Hi, I am working to encourage implementation of the goals of the Wikipedia:Verifiability policy. Part of that is to make sure articles cite their sources. This is particularly important for featured articles, since they are a prominent part of Wikipedia. The Fact and Reference Check Project has more information. If some of the external links are reliable sources and were used as references, they can be placed in a References section too. See the cite sources link for how to format them. Thank you, and please leave me a message when a few references have been added to the article. - Taxman 19:54, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)
Hi there! I came across this article while using AWB for clean up. I'd just like to echo Taxman's concern for the importance of references to WP articles. While I'm not familiar with this topic, it would seem that there'd be an extensive literature on a thing as widely used as the autorickshaw. I hope the article's editors can find and cite good, reliable ones. Thanks —Encephalon 06:27, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for references 

message: Becak and bajaj are two different things in Indonesia. Bajaj only refers to the vehicle pictured on the top of this article, while becak looks like this. Bajajs are never called becak in Indonesia. Hayabusa future 02:52, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Becak and Bajaj in Indonesia

message: Please do not add images of alleged auto-rickshaw wallahs who are sitting outside an auto as it is unverifiable as to whether that person is actually a auto-wallah. Somebody recently added : which in no way seems like a portrait of an auto wallah.--May the Force be with you!  Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 09:41, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Images

message: I added a section about Share auto. Hope that is in-line with the article. - Ganeshk 19:57, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Added Share auto

message: I'm currently travelling through Mexico and Central America. I have seen the Bajaj torito especially used throughout Guatemala, and also in various parts of El Salvador and Honduras. The vast majority in all countries are red with white soft tops. Another model I recently saw was called an Ape and the company name I've forgotten but looked Italian. In all places so far they have been called mototaxi (possibly written as two words sometimes). One of the towns in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico has similar vehicles that seem to be locally made. I think they go by another name and I seem to recall the passengers sit on the back facing backwards, but I didn't go to this town on this trip. — Hippietrail 18:03, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Central America and Mexico 

message: the 'Daihatsu Midget' is not know as 'Bajaj' in Indonesia, you got it all wrong, they're called 'Bemo', and only a small amount of them still operates. 'Bajaj' is the autorickshaw produced by Bajaj company in India
: Bemos and bajajs are not the same thing, but the Jakartan bajaj is an autorickshaw imported from India.  Here's one. Jpatokal 14:00, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bajaj in Indonesia 

message: There's lots of references throughout the article about what they're called in each country.  How about a single list???  In Sri Lanka they're called Bajaj (as they're all made by Bajaj of India).
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*England - Tuk-Tuk, Auto-rickshaw (no matter what the brightonians say)
*China - Auto rickshaw
*Pakistan - Bajaj
*India - Bajaj, Auto rickshaw
*Thailand - Tuk-Tuk
Thats my list of what called what, I personally call them by its proper name - Auto rickshaw. Lenny 05:52, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's In a Name? 

message: With reference to above section on alternative names - seems to me they're two articles about the same vehicle under different names. I won't put a merge suggestion up just yet because I'm not sure if there is a technical difference between the two, but both pages cite the other as being an alternative name for the same thing. If anyone could enlighten me I'd appreciate it! I've posted this same message on the other page. Phunky 20:34, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Where would such a technicality come from? Why would any vehicle resembling a small car based on a motorcycle platform and named "tuk tuk" not actually be a tuk tuk? — Hippietrail 11:37, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Well, basically they're the same thing -- at least they look so similar. I had never heard the name "tuktuk" before though, and I guess few people in the 1.5 billion  strong Indian subcontinent where these are mostly found would have. Besides, "auto rickshaw" is more of a standard English name, and tuktuk is perhaps the colloquial name used in Thailand. Google yields marginally more results for "tuk tuk", but there are a lot of things called tuktuk: fonts, restaurants, etc. It would be funny if someone names a restaurant "Auto rickshaw". Tuktuk is infinitely cuter, but that's perhaps not a good reason to redirect this encyclopedia article to that name. deeptrivia (talk) 23:54, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Most areas where the three-wheelers are (taking my list in) mostly called auto-rickshaw or tuktuk although they are classed as the same road item no matter of design or constructer. Unisouth 15:36, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

text: Bangkok's tuktuks resemble the Indian auto-rickshaw quite a bit, but elsewhere in Thailand (and Laos and Cambodia) it can refer to quite a range of vehicles, ranging from carts towed behind bikes to minivans fitted out with seats (overlapping with the songthaew).  Indonesia's bajajs, on the other hand, are not just identical to but imported from India. Jpatokal 13:59, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with Tuk-tuk 

message: I have in recent weeks added references to this articles relating to brightons tuctucs. I have also added issues to this section as well. I am considering splitting all of this into a seperate article called Tuctuc Ltd. Unisouth 15:17, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Brighton tuctuc issues and its references

message: What the hell is an auto rickshaw?  I think a more appropriate name would be "three wheeled vehicle" or "motorbike taxi" or "motor carriage" something like that.  This is a name that contradicts itself.  Rickshaw means "human powered vehicle" so "auto rickshaw" is like a non-human powered human powered vehicle.
:No, its not human powered, thats why it is called an Auto rickshaw. Unisouth 15:24, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Autorickshaw is the name used in Chennai (Madras, India) in English language publications.  To distinguish, autorickshaws from the older pedal-powered rickshaws in Chennai, a pedal-powered rickshaw is called "pedal rickshaws".  Pedal rickshaws can be designed for school children or for freight.  The one's for school children are fancy and load up the children early in the morning in their bright uniforms with their little lunch pails.  The freight pedal rickshaw is totally flat in back and can haul very heavy things (such as fancy metal bed frames) which cannot be carried in an autorichshaw.  Autorickshaws are yellow for commercial use to carry passengers.  Private autorickshaws (for delivery) are a dark color.  The yellow autorickshaws are designed to carry two passengers.  But for friends who are taking lots of the local kids to the amusement park, you can fit one adult passenger and 8 kids.  One sits with the driver and pretends to be an assistant.  Two small kids can fit in the luggage rack.  The rest are piled on the one seat in the back. Care must be taken so the police do not see this.  circa. 2003 Robert Elliott 23:31, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You may not think that the name "autorickshaw" makes sense, but that's what they commonly call it in India. No one calls it a "three wheeled vehicle" or a "motorbike taxi," even if these names seem to describe them better. --Wisvishr0 (talk) 02:14, 2 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Auto rickshaw is totally wrong name

message: Some person (probably a racist xenophobe from America) has added this to the article.
In cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad and Bangalore, traffic-regulating authorities have tried to implement pre-paid schemes where the passengers pay pre-determined auto-fares (depending on the destination) to some central authority and board the autos. However, it is still far more common for a prospective passenger to simply flag down a rickshaw and negotiate a price without an intermediary official (for reasons like non-availability of prepaid autos at all locations and not wanting to queue up for a long time at the counter.)
EXCUSE ME - these facts are totally wrong. In Mumbai, auto-drivers always follow the meter. Same for Pune and Hyderabad. In Kolkata, autos are shuttles, which means that they have fixed routes and fixed fares. Five to an auto and when the three-wheeled contraption's full, it's off. This only applies for Delhi and Chennai. Upamanyuwiki 12:51, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Which city are you talking about? Where on earth is Bawa? Upamanyuwiki 11:53, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: hmm

message: I've merged tuk tuk here because the overlap between the two is so significant that it makes little sense splitting them over minor regional differences such as the name. This may have introduced some uncaught duplication and has made the article's terminology even less internally consistent, but I'll try to work on this. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 09:54, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merged from [[tuk tuk]] 

message: I have a problem with the 2nd paragraph -
"Auto rickshaws are particularly popular where traffic congestion is a problem. They are common in many Asian cities like Bangkok, Dhaka, Ahmedabad, Pune, Delhi,[1] Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru,[2] and some can be seen on the streets of Chinatown in London. They are also seen widely in Sri Lanka."
There are so many cities that have ricks' (some of which havn't been mentioned), so would it not be better to list the countries instead(Thailand,china,bangladesh,Sri Lamka,India and pakistan). I am on the verge of being blocked from wikipedia so if that does happen can someone please do this in my absence. 
Thank you
--Westernpit (talk) 11:54, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction 

message: The article does not mention that autorickshaw are very popular in Italy, where the streets of many cities are too narrow for regular cars or trucks. Piaggio and Vespa have been making them since the 1950's. In fact autorickshaw appeared in Italy long before Asia. In Italy they are mostly used for freight transport, not for taxi.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.119.14.55 (talk) 20:58, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Ape is a Piaggio brand of three-wheeler, made by Piaggio in Italy and by Bajaj in India Santamoly (talk) 16:13, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Very common in Italy 

message: The word "rickshaw" originates from the Japanese word jinrikisha (,  jin = human,  riki = power or force,  sha = vehicle), which literally means "human-powered vehicle". In 1874, The word of "jinricksha / jinrikisha" was published in Oxford English Dictionary. 1887, The word of "rickshaw / ricksha" was inserted in Oxford English Dictionary as a relation of "jinricksha / jinrikisha". The word of "ricksha" was used as manual laborer's slang word in Japan. 
:(List of English words of Japanese origin) (Liste deutscher Wörter aus dem Japanischen) (Danske ord som etymologisk stammer fra japansk)
JR789 (talk) 00:19, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology of ''"Rickshaw"'' 

message: I find it weird that china is NEVER mentioned in the entire article. I lived in china, and they were very common.207.112.91.207 (talk) 01:42, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of china? 

message: From my recollection, a Mishuk is smaller than a baby taxi. This is also confirmed by http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ptop/plain/A14311199.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.204.78.18 (talk) 12:15, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mishuk in Bangladesh 

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message: In Madagascar, these are called Tuk-Tuks and not Bajaji.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:DA:63C5:5684:D520:3533:32B8:2AED (talk) 20:50, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
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message: Electric tuk-tuks are being made in Europe, USA and Thailand for use around the world.https://www.techinasia.com/fun-pollution-check-thailands-electric-tuktukKortoso  (talk) 19:59, 9 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  E-tuks 

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message: Does anybody know of any English-language source for this claim? 
:Japan has exported three-wheelers to Thailand since 1934. Moreover, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Japan donated about 20,000 used three-wheelers to Southeast Asia.
It has been scraped widely so you can find it repeated all over the place but I'm darned if I can find any reliable source in English, especially for that claim about sending 20,000 of them. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 13:31, 30 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Japan and Thailand 

message: Section mentions that the drivers are calles autokaarar, autowala & tuktuk-wala. These seem like North & East Indian names & don't represent entire India. In Western India, Rickshaw drivers are called Rickshawwala & not autowala. Also, under the names, it would be a good idea to include Rickshaw (without the auto part). In Maharashtra, there are no pulled or peddled Rickshaws. When someone says Rickshaw, we immediately think of autorickshaw alone. This represents just the Delhi/UP perspective & isn't an all inclusive article with respect to Indian Rickshaws. 106.214.133.88 (talk) 18:01, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  India Rickshaw section is misleading 

message: I have become skeptical of the Zimbabwe section of the article as an E-rickshaw manufacturer, known as Hende Moto, appears to have written the section like an advertisement for their E-rickshaws as folows “ Hende Moto EV & Taxi company was founded in 2019 by Devine Mafa, an American-Zimbabwean businessman. Hende Moto taxi's were first introduced in Zimbabwe as the first car, manufactured by a Zimbabwean three wheeler manufacturing company Hende Moto Pvt Ltd. Hende Moto Engine in a Safari fiberglass body. The first Hende Moto Taxi was introduced in Kwekwe August 2019, Zimbabwe and thereafter, Victoria Falls City came second and lastly Harare 2019. Hende Moto is also the manufacturer of the first Zimbabwean made electric passenger three wheeled vehicle. It operates on a lithium ion battery that has a range of 70 miles on a 6-hour charge. ”. In addition, the edits (which was completed on) was made by an account known as  Hende Moto (a picture of their E-rickshaws in the section was completed by the same account). The Edits were completed on 9 March, 2020. 
                                    
                 -Ramekin99 Ramekin99 (talk) 22:28, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Potential Business Self-Promotion