Paying Gig Workers Emerges as ‘Getaround’ Tactic to Defeat Employee Lawsuits July 2, 2019 By Ellen Huet The perennial issue in the gig economy is whether workers should be classified as employees. Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc....
Car Sharing Lobbyists Battle Car Renting Lobbyists, Driving State Lawmakers Crazy April 19, 2019 By Joshua Brustein The bill that turned Illinois into the focal point of a bitter debate over car-sharing last year started as a...
Turning Sharing Into a Sales Pitch for Pricier New Cars March 11, 2019 By Gabrielle Coppola The ability to rent his car to strangers for cash convinced Trevor Davis, a high-school teacher in Dallas, to buy...
World’s Automakers Face Massive Disruption from Car Sharing Phenomenon February 11, 2019 By Ilya Khrennikov When Evgeny Barkov owned a car, the 31-year-old software salesman would often look out of his Moscow window at it...
Toyota Launching App-Controlled Car-Sharing in Hawaii July 16, 2018 Toyota Motor Corp. launched a Honolulu, Hawaii car-sharing service that enables customers to use smartphones to unlock and start cars...
GM to Pilot Airbnb-Like Service for Autos This Summer March 14, 2018 By David Welch General Motors Co. plans to start a pilot program this summer that will enable car owners to rent out their...
BMW Wants on Uber Train with Car-sharing in Washington April 11, 2016 Germany’s BMW has launched a car-sharing service in Seattle, Wash. where it will offer customers the use of 370 BMW...
Why Ridesharing Won’t Hurt Car Sales March 21, 2016 Car sharing usage will significantly increase, particularly in urban areas among young residents, however most consumers will still opt to...
Auto Insurance Market to Shrink 60% by 2040: KPMG October 23, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson By the time today’s millennial insurance professionals are its top executives, the U.S. personal auto insurance industry will be a...
‘Ridesharing’ a Climate Change Solution around the Corner September 17, 2015 By Don Jergler The solution to reducing carbon emissions may be just around the corner. Car sharing can reduce gas consumption and could...