View original post.A tech-led mobility revolution is about to overtake the planet, changing everything we think we know about personal transportation. Craig Thomas assesses how business can take advantage of the Mobility as a Service concept. Autonomous cars stand to transform private and business travel. Technology has transformed society so radically in the last couple of decades, we’re now living …

View original post. Corporate travel has not done a good job at solving the problems faced by actual business travelers. Smaller corporate travel companies, along with travel providers and technology startups, are working hard to find solutions to the most enduring problems across the sector. In this interview series, we will break down the silos between travel sectors to find …

View original post.There is no doubt that 2018 was a significant year in the ongoing transformation of the transport industry as new technological solutions came into use, new mobility players entered the market and trials of autonomous vehicles were widely reported in the news. Put simply, the industry is evolving rapidly and in 2019 we will certainly see further changes …

London, 10 May 2018 – The overall carsharing vehicle parc is expected to expand from 983k in 2017 to 1237k in 2018, driven by motorists’ desire to use alternative modes of transport, the rise in employee mobility options and environmental concerns. Existing providers of recent mobility solutions like carsharing, ridesharing, ridehailing, on-demand responsive shuttles, and integrated mobility are already scaling …

View original post. VW announced today the deployment of what could be one of the largest all-electric car fleets through its new ‘We Share‘ car sharing service. Berlin is going to be the first city to get the service and it will start with a fleet of 2,000 electric cars. VW’s electric vehicles are already being used in third-party car-sharing …

View original post. Hailing a Lyft or Uber has become so normal those companies pretty much have become verbs, kind of like “googling.” But no one is asking, “Wanna Getaround to dinner?” It’s clear car-sharing hasn’t become as popular as ride-hailing, and it may stay that way. Car-sharing, which involves renting someone else’s car or borrowing a car from a …

View original post. Ride-hailing services might seem like a money-saving alternative to buying a car for people who live in urban areas. But according to a new study, it’s not nearly as cost-effective as you’d think. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that using ride-hailing services like Lyft and Uber as a primary mode of transportation works out to be far …

View original post.Through its ReachNow mobility unit, BMW is offering both ride and car sharing services through a single app, allowing users to choose whether they want to drive a car or hail a ride to a destination. In addition to on-demand car service, the app also allows users to schedule a pick-up for later, all using the ReachNow app. …

View original post. Volkswagen has announced plans to launch a new, fully electric car-sharing service in Germany in 2019, and other cities worldwide in 2020. The fully electric car-sharing service will accompany a number of additional vehicle-on-demand services as part of its WE platform. These supplementary services may include smart parking apps, location-based vouchering and other mobility solutions, which aim …

View original post. COX Automotive, the world’s leading automotive services company, has extended its already broad footprint across the motor industry with an investment in a ride-sharing platform. The move gives the privately-owned company a foot in the door of the next generation of growth in motoring services. Ridecell Inc, which claims to be the platform of choice for leading …