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Will Car-Sharing Apps Revolutionize Transportation?

dimanche 9 juin 2019, 09:34 , par Slashdot
We're now living in a wrold where customers 'can download smartphone apps and rent privately owned cars, usually parked a short walk away in urban areas or residential neighborhoods,' reports the Orlando Sentinel, noting that the rates can be as cheap as $5 an hour -- or $400 a day if you want to spend a day driving a Ferrari, Aston Martin or Bentley:

Car-sharing companies say they offer benefits that young users find particularly appealing: Shared cars reduce congestion and parking shortages in cities. They reduce carbon emissions by making fewer cars necessary. They make it easier to live without owning cars. Car-sharing platforms are also easy to use: Your smartphone's GPS will navigate you to where the car is located, then you use the app to activate a remote entry system to get access to the key, or wait for the owner to bring it to you, and you're on the road.

Using a car-sharing app eliminates trips to the airport or in-town car rental agency office. 'Skip the Rental Car Counter,' beckons the website for Turo, the nation's largest car-sharing platform... Just as Airbnb allows private home owners to generate extra income from short-term rentals, the car-sharing platforms say their apps help car owners cover ownership costs by making their vehicles available for rent when they would otherwise be sitting in a driveway or parking spot.

The article cites two 10-year-old companies, Turo and Getaround, noting both companies 'have raised hundreds of millions of dollars from venture capitalists in recent years to finance aggressive expansion efforts.'

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