Focus on automotive: Rental
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31/07/2019The three chinese major state-owned automakers FAW Group, Dongfeng Motor Group and Changan Automobile launched a ride-hailing joint venture to challenge market giant Didi Chuxing. The three companies established the 9.8 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) ride-hailing partnership in the east China city of Nanjing with local online retailer Suning and... -
26/07/2019After launching successful carsharing services in Copenhagen (400 EVs) and Oslo (250 EVs), GreenMobility’s zero-emission shared vehicles will be hitting the streets of Belgium’s three largest cities; Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent – and the UK’s “Powerhouses of the North”, Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester by 2020. Together with Franklin Cars Ltd., a... -
24/07/2019Millennials have named Hertz as their favorite global car rental company in the 2019 Trazees Awards. Hertz moved up from the second spot in the car rental category from last year in the Trazees Awards which are voted on annually by Millennial readers of Trazee Travel, the sister web publication to Global Traveler magazine. Trazee Travel is a one-... -
23/07/2019Users of the Russian carsharing service Delimobil will be able to drive the Fiat 500. It is not often that we see this car on Moscow streets and it is sure to turn heads. FCA Russia will be supplying a fleet of 50 Fiat 500s to kick off the strategic partnership. The model, which was presented at the Grand Italia Fest in Moscow at the beginning of... -
17/07/2019Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. is set to expand its role as a mobility service provider as its ride-hailing arm, Caocao Chuxing, prepares to offer car-sharing services in September. Caocao will initially recruit owners of Geely-brand cars to provide car-sharing services, according to a plan Caocao disclosed last week. The car-sharing service... -
14/06/2019Škoda it is trialling Europe's first car-sharing service for Czech university students and is eyeing a sizeable opportunity in the UK. The Czech company says that with 2.3m students enrolled in higher education each year in the UK alone, Uniqway's pioneering car-sharing platform could see "great demand in the future". The project is now in... -
14/03/2019Starting 12 March, Free2Move Paris will be making its free-floating cars available to users in the inner Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux. After opening in the Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes park areas, the fleet’s expansion to Issy-les-Moulineaux is part of an assertive strategy to boost service coverage. Free2Move Paris will soon...