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BMW has one. M. Benz, too. At this rate, every auto manufacturer will have its own car-sharing service. Traditional taxi and car rental companies are about to
by finid 11y ago
BMW has one. M. Benz, too.
At this rate, every auto manufacturer will have its own car-sharing service. Traditional taxi and car rental companies are about to go the way of the dodo.
- csours 11y agoCar rental companies used to be at least partially owned by manufacturers: for instance Avis was partially owned by GM [1] (at least 29% at one point). These were used to offload excess inventory and prop up production of lower-feature cars. It will be interesting to see how these services are used strategically by manufacturers - possibly refreshing these fleets when consumer demand is low; and subsequently how this is signalled to service users. It does look like for now these are full featured cars. Enterprise currently has a car-sharing service as well. [2] Disclaimer: I work for GM, but not in this area; these opinions are solely my own. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avis_Rent_a_Car_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avis_Rent_a_Car_System 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_Rent-A-Car#Enterprise_CarShare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_Rent-A-Car#Enterpri...