"e-hail" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2016, Fodor's Travel Guides, Fodor's New York City",
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          "text": "It seems rather likely that MaaS implementation may bring an increase of car-based trips (even if shared or e-hailed), and hence result in more emissions and congestions (Eckhardt et al., 2017). First of all, as underlined by Karlsson et al.",
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