Car & Truck Rental News
Browse the latest breaking news across the automotive rental industry covering fleet acquisition, remarketing, rental software, GPS & telematics, fleet insurance and financing, rental operations, risk management, technological innovations and shifting market conditions.
January 17, 2012 in Legislative
The bill, HB 322, was introduced Jan. 11 and would attempt to expand the definition of "gross proceeds" as they relate to the collection of the rental tax.
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January 17, 2012 in Rental Operations, Green Fleet
The company announced that the enrollment is automatic, and Hertz On Demand members are also eligible to enroll in the Hertz Gold Plus Rewards program.
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January 17, 2012 in Fleet Insurance, Safety
In Garcia v. Geico General Insurance Co., the 11th circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said that even though the driver of the rental car involved in the crash wasn’t the original renter, the insurance company of the driver is still responsible for coverages.
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January 11, 2012 in Rental Operations
Among the six cities in the rate analysis that Auto Rental News publishes monthly with the help of the The Tennant Group, Miami saw a huge spike in early- to mid-December auto rental rates.
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January 11, 2012 in Rental Operations, Fuel, Mobility
Peer-to-peer car-sharing company announced that gas will no longer be included in the reservation price starting Jan. 16.
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January 11, 2012 in Fleet Insurance, Legislative, Safety
At least two companies have announced expansion to the West Coast state since the Oregon Legislative Assembly passed HB 3149, which made peer-to-peer car sharing in the state legal as of Jan. 1.
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January 11, 2012 in Rental Operations
Victim was working to sell a silver 2008 Mercedes Benz coupe that he hoped would bring him $60,000.
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January 11, 2012 in Rental Operations, Mobility
The transactions — certified by Visa Inc. and Visa Europe — will use Visa’s ‘payWave,’ so car rental companies that offer this type of Visa transaction should be prepared when customers begin pulling out their cell phones instead of credit cards at the point of sale.
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January 10, 2012
Getaround has partnered with the city of Portland to start a peer-to-peer car-sharing program, and will be observed and researched by the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium.
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January 10, 2012
The car-sharing company replaced all its vehicles and expanded to 23 new neighborhood locations by increasing its fleet size by 25%
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