Alarming spike in car thefts at Honolulu airport’s parking garage prompts security questions
There has been a spike in car thefts at Honolulu’s airport with a particular increase in vehicles used by car sharing companies like Turo. In just one week, seven cars were stolen from the garage. And five of those were being rented out to visitors. The Turo cars are mixed in with the residents’ vehicles. But one thing makes them stand out: Many have lock boxes. (Read More)
Turo car stolen from parking garage
Video footage from the garage, located at 160 S. Millward St., showed the suspect opening doors and stealing items at 10:30 p.m. July 19, a police media release stated. Then, two hours later, the suspect returned to the garage and drove off in an unlocked 2019 black Nissan Armada. That SUV was being rented using Turo, Jackson police Lt. Russ Ruschill said, and the renter left the keys in the car. (Read More)
A car-sharing program that’s plugged into equity and the environment
Electric cars won’t do much to reduce CO2 emissions if most people can’t afford them. And even if every car became electric overnight, we’d still have to contend with our worsening problem of road congestion.nBut what if you could regularly use an electric car to get around without having to buy one? What if, in addition to promoting EV sales as it does now, the federal government were to fund electric-car-sharing programs? (Read More)
Can't find a rental car this summer? What you can do instead
Nguyen was excited to find plenty of car options available on this service's website — many of them with significantly lower rates than your average rental car — and decided to take the service for a test drive. This article compares the car-sharing experience across four platforms. (Read More)
Rental Car Shortage Means Extra Cash For Some Montanans
Visiting Glacier National Park had been on Jim Schneider’s bucket list for years. So, he and his wife booked flights to Montana from Omaha, Nebraska and rented a cabin in June to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary. But a few months before the flight Schneider realized they hadn’t reserved a car. “There was not a rental car to be found anywhere around Kalispell,” Schneider says. (Read More)
Car sharing gains traction in Maine
Douglas Mackell was nearing his last leg as an Uber driver in 2019 when one of his passengers introduced him to a new word. “Turo,” the passenger said. “I’m taking your Uber to pick up my Turo.” Turo, Mackell learned, is one of many car-sharing apps, such as Getaround, Avail and Car2Go, that allow car owners to rent their car online when they aren’t using it – essentially the airbnb for cars. (Read More)
Benefits of Car-Sharing Programs
Many people have been in the recent economic depression, thinking about going about monthly car payments. Some are suffering from pricey car maintenance services. For some people, it is wise to apply for a car loan to help finance a vehicle: you can, however, opt for car sharing, which is significantly proving to be an ideal option. What are the benefits of car sharing? (Read More)
Missoula airport seeks solutions to car rental shortage, price increases
A national rental car shortage has created challenges for travelers over the past few months, and those able to find a vehicle are often paying twice as much as before the pandemic. While passengers arriving at Missoula International Airport aren’t alone in their frustrations over a lack of rental car options, the airport is taking steps it hopes will help alleviate the challenges. (Read More)
What the Tech? App of the day: Turo
When was the last time you tried to rent a car? When airports and travel shut down during the early months of the pandemic, car rental companies parked or even sold much of their fleet. Hertz even filed for bankruptcy due to having so many vehicles and being unable to rent them. Fast forward to the spring/summer of 2021 and those car rental agencies are feeling the crunch. There are fewer cars on the lots and prices have jumped sharply due to increased demand. How would you feel about renting the personal car of a stranger? (Read More)
Halo Uses Remote Operations To Offer Summoned Carshare; Might Tesla Do It With Starlink?
A new service in Las Vegas called Halo allows customers to summon a rental car to them. The car is remotely driven by a human over the 5G data network, and dropped off for the customer to use as a rental car driven by the customer. When the customer is done, the remote operators take it back to base or the next customer. (Read More)
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Double fatal wreck involving third-party rental car raises regulation questions
Police said the 24-year-old female passenger in the Dodge Durango rented the vehicle on the peer-to-peer vehicle sharing app Turo, the world's largest peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace, according to the company's website. It works similar to an Airbnb, but for cars. Car owners post their personal vehicles on the app for rent. (Read More)
Western MT car rental shortage has dealerships, private car owners switching gears
People are finally able to travel again, and for a lot of them, that means hopping on a plane and heading to the great state of Montana. Tourists can get here, but finding a reliable set of wheels once they’re here has become yet another unexpected product of the pandemic. (Read More)
This driverless car-sharing service uses remote human ‘pilots,’ not AI
T-Mobile is announcing a collaboration with a 5G-powered driverless car service that doesn’t actually use autonomous vehicles or require 5G mobile broadband. But Halo still merits a look for its odds of making Las Vegas traffic less of a losing bet. (Read More)
Getaround Launches Strategic Collaboration with TotalEnergies to Accelerate Carsharing Adoption
Getaround, the world's leading digital carsharing marketplace, today announced a strategic technical and commercial collaboration with TotalEnergies, a broad energy company that produces and markets energies on a global scale, to expand carsharing and reduce carbon emissions, including around shared electric vehicle charging, and leveraging TotalEnergies' service stations as carsharing service and mobility hubs. The partnership will advance both companies' sustainability goals as it expands access to shared vehicles in communities globally. (Read More)
Meet the 20-year-old Canadian Entrepreneur, Tony Tasdelen, Co-founder of Eligo Peer to Peer Car Sharing Platform
Tony Tasdelen, a 20-year-old Canadian entrepreneur turned his passion into a business when he launched Eligo Cars in 2020 amidst a global pandemic. We met with him to discuss this new and exciting business, and how he became an entrepreneur at such a young age. (Read More)
Las Vegas couple quits jobs to rent out personal cars through app
People can rent their house through Airbnb, rent a ride through Uber or Lyft, and there’s even an app to rent out home swimming pools. Now, some people in Las Vegas are renting out their cars for days or weeks at a time and for some, it's turned into their full-time job. “I really think it is going to be the new way that we rent cars,” Linda Hacco said. She and Christopher Thompson started on the Turo platform with one car. (Read More)