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Avis Partners with ViaVan for London Ride-Hailing
Avis Budget Group will provide eight-seater vans for ViaVan’s Milton Keynes launch as well as a weekly mobile wash and clean service.
November 6, 2018
Through the ViaVan app, passengers are seamlessly matched in real time with other riders travelling in the same direction, sharing their trip in a professionally-chauffeured van.
Photo via Via.
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Avis Budget Group is partnering with rideshare brand ViaVan, the joint venture between Via and Mercedes-Benz Vans, as it launches a pilot of its on-demand shared transport service in Milton Keynes, London.
Avis Budget Group will provide eight-seater vans for ViaVan’s Milton Keynes launch as well as a weekly mobile wash and clean service.
Through the ViaVan app, passengers are seamlessly matched in real time with other riders travelling in the same direction, sharing their trip in a professionally-chauffeured van.
The collaboration with ViaVan marks another partnership between Avis Budget Group and innovative companies as it evolves its business to meet the opportunities presented by a future where mobility is completely connected, integrated, on-demand, shared, and is delivered to both consumers and businesses as a service.
The expansion of the service into Milton Keynes follows the successful launch of ViaVan in London in April this year, which brought the innovative shared transportation solution to the Capital.
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