Articles tagged “car-sharing”

The Indian aviation industry is rapidly growing, but continues to be underserved, be it in terms of airports or airlines. This creates a significant opportunity for new players to enter the market and fill the gap.

Car-sharing marketplaces are finding that partnerships with automotive leasing companies and insurers may be a more cost-effective way to get the word out about their services than using traditional digital marketing efforts.

This is a clear sign that the sharing economy isn’t in its infancy anymore.

The taxi industry is going to have to get used to it. There is more competition now in the form of Lyft, Uber, and services such as Zipcar. Although individual startups may come and go, the ride-sharing concept is here to stay.

The next step in Zipcar-Avis Budget buddying-up is technology sharing, with Avis Budget cars expected to get a Zipcar refresh. At least that's the plan.

Ride-sharing is becoming an attractive employment and transportation alternative as long as there is some regulation, and the ride-sharing companies don't gouge riders. On the other hand, they won't succeed if they become to pricey.

Hertz is a brand that consumers already trust and it has a fleet that outsizes most car-sharing companies combined; this makes the traditional rental company a formidable competitor in the growing industry of on-demand cars.

The ride-sharing startups received the green light to operate statewide and are now caught in the middle of a state versus city regulation debate; however, it’s anticipated that LA’s new major will quick change rules in favor of innovation.

Car manufacturers are driving the revolution in car-sharing by catering to a new generation of city-dwellers that don’t want to own a car but the flexibility to easily rent one.

FTC has frowned upon restrictive taxicab regulations in Colorado and Alaska before and now it has shown its displeasure in high-profile DC market. This is a big moral win -- not an actual one, since FTC is in advisory capacity here for now -- for Uber and other such new companies.