Mobility as a Service (MaaS) companies

[cwerdna]

Japanese car-sharing service members are renting cars — but not for driving
Customers are using the cars for some odd and unexpected purposes
https://www.autoblog.com/2019/07/11/jap ... r-driving/

It points to this:
Growing number of car-sharing users don’t rent cars for driving
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201907040011.html

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Mercedes Thieves Showed Just How Vulnerable Car-Sharing Can Be
After Car2Go eased its background checks, 75 of its vehicles were stolen in one day.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ing-can-be

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ReachNow car sharing and ride hailing is dead:
https://www.wweek.com/news/2019/07/18/r ... y-streets/

The link from https://twitter.com/reachnow/status/1151601543470362624 is dead but there's a copy at https://web.archive.org/web/20190717220 ... ice-today/.

[GRA]

GCC:

Canoo unveils first subscription-only EV

Canoo unveils first subscription-only EV


LA is planned to be the launch market in 2021. We'll see if they get there. More details and images in this GCR article: https://www.greencarreports.com/news/11 ... and-beyond


ABG:

Ford says Austin will get its self-driving cars in 2021
Commercial taxi service will also operate in Miami and D.C.

https://www.autoblog.com/2019/09/25/for ... ving-cars/

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Car2go pulls out of 5 North American cities casting more doubt on free-floating car-sharing’s viability
https://www.geekwire.com/2019/car2go-pu ... viability/

SHARE NOW, car2go’s parent company, said Friday that the service will shut down in Portland, Denver, Chicago, Austin, and Calgary. The announcement comes just a few weeks after two car-sharing services pulled out of Seattle, raising questions about the long-term viability of the service. SHARE NOW says it is still committed to operating and growing in Seattle.

[GRA]

^^^ Oddly enough, Getaround recently put up signs and parked four or five compact sedans (Forte/Mazda 3/GLI) at an apartment building parking lot on the next block. Seems like a good place for them, as the parking there is quite limited, and they like me are only a couple of blocks from downtown, so no need to own a car unless you need one to commute on a regular basis (or take road trips like mine where a rental would sit parked for days while you're off doing something else).

[GRA]

GCC:

NACTO: 84M shared bike and scooter trips in US in 2018

https://www.greencarcongress.com/2019/1 ... nacto.html

Shared bike trips increased from 3210,000 in 2010 to 45.5 million in 2018. They only added scooters to the count in 2018, when there were 38.5M of them, making up 46% of the total.


Direct link to NACTO study:

Shared Micromobility in the U.S.: 2018

https://nacto.org/shared-micromobility-2018/

[GRA]

ABG:

Uber loses license in London over safety, vows to appeal
Transit agency says drivers are defeating identification and security systems

https://www.autoblog.com/2019/11/25/ube ... on-safety/

[GRA]

McKinsey:

Micromobility: Industry progress, and a closer look at the case of Munich

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/aut ... d982f71ca9

[cwerdna]

Car2go pulls out of 5 North American cities casting more doubt on free-floating car-sharing’s viability
https://www.geekwire.com/2019/car2go-pu ... viability/

SHARE NOW, car2go’s parent company, said Friday that the service will shut down in Portland, Denver, Chicago, Austin, and Calgary. The announcement comes just a few weeks after two car-sharing services pulled out of Seattle, raising questions about the long-term viability of the service. SHARE NOW says it is still committed to operating and growing in Seattle.

Share Now, formerly Car2Go, is leaving North America
Daimler and BMW, which jointly own Share Now, say they are focused on European markets
https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/18/210 ... ities-date

Share Now, the car-sharing service formerly known as Car2Go, is leaving North America. Daimler and BMW, the two global automakers that share ownership of Share Now, said it would cease service on February 29th, 2020. Share Now currently operates in New York City, Montreal, Seattle, Washington, DC, and Vancouver.