General Motors announced that it will be allowing vehicles from other manufacturers on its peer-to-peer car sharing platform, Maven. Currently, only GM vehicles, manufactured after 2015 can be rented on the platform, with 60–40 revenue split between the owner of…
Lyft has unveiled a new self-driving car. It’s a Ford Fusion sedan with in-house autonomous driving technology. The company also announced that it will be acquiring an augmented reality startup Blue Vision. The company first announced that it would be…
During the Tesla’s quarterly earnings call, Elon Musk talked about “Tesla Network”, claiming that when it is launched it will put the company at an advantage over Uber and Lyft, due to its aim of autonomy. According to Musk’s vision,…
Tesla has removed a “full self-driving” option from its car store on its website. According to Elon Musk, the option will still be available “off-menu”, but will be phased out entirely until the company is ready to roll out the…
UZE Mobility, a startup based in the German city of Aachen, announced that it will be offering its StreetScooter electric vans free of charge to customers. The company hopes to generate revenue through other streams, most importantly from its ‘mobile…
ING has published a new report, Car Sharing Unlocked, in which the company claims that Europe will have up to 7.5 million shared vehicles by 2035, from today’s 370,000 (0.1% of all vehicles). According to the report, 30% of Europeans…
Volkswagen and Microsoft have announced that they will enter a strategic partnership to develop the ‘Volkswagen Automotive Cloud’. The service will power all digital and mobility offerings of the German auto-maker, including car sharing and other shared mobility services, like…
BMW and Daimler have announced that their joint mobility company will be headquartered in Berlin. The two companies have already filed documents for a joint venture with the European Commission. According to the two companies, Berlin was chosen due to…
Apple’s self-driving car has had its first accident and according to the transportation authority it was caused by a human driver. The report says self-driving Lexus SUV was rear-ended by another vehicle, operated by a human. No one was…
Uber plans to shift its focus from cars to electric scooters and bike business, says CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. He predicts that people will make more frequent short journeys, as opposed to long trips, in the future, especially in inner…