Car & Truck Rental News
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January 10, 2012 in Rental Software, Mobility
The rental management company’s customers can now validate VINs in real-time, and create and design rental agreement reports from the recently expanded report system.
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January 10, 2012 in Mobility
The updated website allows customers to use an interactive map, and search for airport and international locations.
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January 10, 2012 in Mobility, Telematics
Peer-to-peer car-sharing company RelayRides will be the first 2012 business partner by creating its own mobile app on the OnStar application program interface (API).
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January 10, 2012 in Rental Operations
These were two of 25 total awards that Hertz Corp. won in 2011.
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January 9, 2012 in Legislative, Rental Operations
The surcharge is getting raised along with the U.S. Virgin Islands’ hotel room tax.
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January 9, 2012 in Safety, Telematics
One BVRLA rental member reported that a customer made an electronic copy of the key and fitted a tracking device to the car so it could be located later, entered using the duplicate key and then stolen.
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January 9, 2012 in Rental Software, Telematics
The new car-sharing company JustShareIt said that it gives consumers ‘the safest option for peer-to-peer vehicle sharing.’
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January 6, 2012 in Rental Operations
As China’s auto rental industry grows — 20% annually over the last three years — advertisements at subway and bus stops urge residents to ‘drive home instead of being packed in a train.’
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January 6, 2012 in Safety, Maintenance
Around 25% of the city’s car-sharing fleet was vandalized or suffered from breakdowns after about a month of service.
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January 6, 2012 in Green Fleet
The service is called the Car Club, according to the The Guardian, and runs as a subsidiary to the car rental company EasyCar.
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