Sentences with phrase «sharing car services»

The past few years has seen a large expansion in ride sharing car services.

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Subsidizing commutes, whether on public transit, car - sharing services or free shuttles, takes some of the pain away.

When you hear [Toronto general manager of transportation services] Steve Buckley set out his vision of where we're going to be in 10 years, he says there's going to be a series of robo - cabs sharing the roads possibly with some driverless cars and transit vehicles.

Many of these late - stage companies are known as unicorns, as their valuations exceed $ 1 billion, and they include car - share service Uber and apartment - share service Airbnb, which are currently valued at more than $ 50 billion and $ 13 billion, respectively.

As car - sharing services continue to gain steam, we want to know how you prefer to get around when you need a ride.

You know the drill: Amazon for your groceries, Netflix for date night, Handy for that light bulb you just can't reach and even on - demand car services to care for the car you hardly ever drive because you ride - share everywhere.

At this writing, peer - to - peer car sharing is still banned in the state; Getaround's competitor, RelayRides (now called Turo), was fined $ 200,000 in 2013 by the New York Department of Financial Services for noncompliance with insurance regulations.

In 2008, the German automaker launched Car2Go, a car - sharing service that amassed two million members in October 2016.

In addition to driverless cars, increased usage of ride - sharing and ride - hailing services are projected to generate $ 1 trillion in revenue for suppliers globally by 2040, latest industry figures indicate, according to SCMP.

General Motors, Ford, and BMW have all launched their own car - sharing services.

But that's one of the ways Zipcar, the country's largest car - sharing service, measures success.

My colleague Steve Kovach has also covered two swerves on Project Titan — that Tim Cook made some obscure statements that suggest a recent investment in a Chinese car - sharing service is going to provide support, somehow, for the Apple Car, alleged to arrive in 2021, a rumor that now looks baselecar - sharing service is going to provide support, somehow, for the Apple Car, alleged to arrive in 2021, a rumor that now looks baseleCar, alleged to arrive in 2021, a rumor that now looks baseless.

Barra brings experience helping GM, one of America's most well - known companies, adapt to a changing technological landscape, including the advent of ride - share services and self - driving cars.

Dara Khosrowshahi DAH - ra Cause - row - shaw - hee Khosrowshahi took over as CEO of car - sharing service Uber in 2017 after a dozen years at Expedia.

Maven is really three car - sharing services in one: a city - based service that rents GM vehicles by the hour through an app, another for urban apartment dwellers in Chicago and New York, and a peer - to - peer sharing service that started in Germany last year.

They were patient, courteous, and superior to any other car - sharing or car - rental service I've used.

He has famously said he missed the boat (or car) on the ride - sharing service Uber, but recently identified what he calls «the greatest startup ever.»

But Honda's concept car envisions a ride - sharing service that is managed by the owners of the car.

Thanks to the rise of on - demand ride - sharing services like Uber and Lyft, the need to have a car (and a parking space) is lessening even for daily commuters.

In January, GM introduced a car - sharing service Maven, which combines and expands several of the automaker's existing test programs under one brand.

Today, any of us can make some extra money by renting out a condo or room with HomeAway and AirBnB, selling goods or services on Etsy, or even sharing our car with Turo.

San Francisco - based Breeze, founded this year, offers customers week - by - week access to vehicles they can use to support jobs as drivers for Uber, Lyft and other sharing - economy platforms; co-founder Jeffrey Pang describes the service as an «equalizer» for those who want to get in on the action but don't have cars of their own.

«I'm a big proponent of simplicity and efficiency, so rather than own a car and use it infrequently, I've opted to use car sharing services that provide wheels when I need them and take the hassle and expense out of car ownership,» she notes, pointing out that «we're focused on something similar at Sunrun.»

General Motors Co. said it was expanding its car - sharing service Maven to Boston, Chicago and Washington D.C., nearly four months after the service was launched.

So, founders might find success with, say, «the McDonald's of laundromats,» «the eBay of professional services,» or «the Airbnb of car sharing,» or the like.

After more than 100 years of selling cars, GM is giving car - sharing a spin with a new service targeting the growing mobility - on - demand market.»

Rental giants like Enterprise and Hertz have trotted out their own car - sharing services, but apparently with only marginal success.

Zipcar already has a presence on 500 college campuses, offering students discounted memberships for their car - sharing services.

Car sharing is a field Chinese dockless bike - sharing start - up Mobike announced in December that it was considering expanding into, along with financial services.

Additionally, there are many attractive international and domestic markets with little or no car sharing services today.»

A recent social media meme, #DeleteUber, had erupted online after some thought the car - sharing service had tried to make bank over the weekend in San Francisco related to protests taking place at San Francisco International Airport.

Ford will roll out a fleet of self - driving cars as part of a ride - sharing or - hailing service by 2021.

Short of building entire cars, there is money to be made from the software to run a self - driving vehicle, as well as the services associated with autonomous driving, such as mapping, car - sharing and car recharging services, the auto source said.

Ford (f) also announced its intention to make self - driving cars for commercial ride - sharing or on - demand taxi services by 2021, a target the automaker says it will reach by expanding its Silicon Valley research lab, as well as investing in or buying autonomous vehicle technology startups.

From early stage consumer infotainment features, to ride sharing and on - demand mobility services, to fully autonomous vehicles in the future, connectivity in the car has been the driving force behind recent automotive technology advancements.

Meanwhile, Uber, a vanguard of the new sharing economy, just announced that they're making it easier for third - party developers to build apps for their fast - growing car - calling service.

This year, Zipcar becomes the world's largest car - sharing service.

Automakers have been scrambling to partner with tech firms to head off competition from self - driving cars and car sharing services that threaten to eventually trim demand for car ownership.

Since that launch, Daimler has grown the Moovel app's utility by incorporating an increasing variety of transportation options, including public transportation, ride - hailing, and car - and bike - sharing services.

Yandex.Drive is our car sharing service, launched in February 2018.

«If it feels like your smartwatch is turning into a spam box, you will take it off,» said Padden Guy Murphy, who heads business development and public policy at car - sharing service Getaround.

• German carmakers Daimler (XTRA: DAI) and BMW (DB: BMW) may be in talks to combine their car - sharing services Car2Go and DriveNow, according to Reuters.

An entrepreneur from Santa Monica, California, introduces the world's first all - electric, free car - sharing service.

Other technology firms that made it to the list are Nvidia at no. 28, which produces chips for futuristic technologies such as deep learning and driverless cars, Facebook at no. 29 for investing in Messenger and for hosting news articles on its platform, Japanese messaging app maker Line at no. 37, Coinbase at no. 40 for enabling Bitcoin payments in PayPal and Expedia, IBM at no. 46 for its work with Watson, Snapchat at no. 47 for its innovative new format, and Uber at no. 50 for its ride - sharing services and driver deliveries.

Ride - and car - share services are becoming more popular with millennials, yet a new study finds the group is finally warming up to ownership.

While Tesla owners are at work or in vacation, their cars could bring an extra buck just in the way car - sharing services are doing right now, but sans a driver.

Didi is China's biggest ride - hailing company, cementing its dominance when it bought out Uber's operations in the country in 2016, and is preparing to launch car - sharing and other on - demand transport services.

Pay - per - use services such as car - sharing and ride - hailing are starting to challenge traditional car ownership in some in some of China's most congested cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, while global automakers are starting to bill themselves as «mobility» companies that do more than just build and sell vehicles.

Performance levels for ride - hailing and car - sharing service vehicles could be dialled down significantly, meaning they would not have to be so aerodynamic.

According to the company, the «alliance» announced in Beijing on Tuesday was designed to «become a provider of integrated transportation services combining auto leasing and sales, auto finance, auto service, fleet operation and car - sharing solutions in China and beyond».