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News•by Staff•April 16, 2019

Executive Car Rental Settles with Michigan AG

The $39,500 settlement includes provisions that requires Executive to stop collecting security deposits and ensure that customers can complete a walk around of the vehicle to check for any pre-existing damages prior to leaving the lot. 

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News•by Marianne Matthews•April 8, 2019

Recalls Rise 13%, Affected Vehicles Fall in 2018

While the number of recalls increased to 914 in 2018 as compared to 810 in 2017, the number of affected vehicles fell to 29.3 million as compared with 30.6 million in 2017, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data.

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News•by Staff•April 7, 2019

Enterprise CarShare Joins Arizona Rental Coalition

The coalition includes American Car Rental Association members like Enterprise and Hertz, as well as cities, airports, the Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association, and the Cactus League.

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News•by Staff•April 3, 2019

Woman's Murder Prompts South Carolina Ride-Hailing Safety Bill

The woman, Samantha Josephson, was allegedly murdered by a man who posed as her Uber driver.

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News•by Staff•April 3, 2019

Hertz Seeks $70M From Frissora, Others

The money was earned as incentive compensation which was tied to an accounting scandal five years ago. 

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News•by Staff•April 2, 2019

Montana Senate Votes to Increase Car Rental Tax

The state is expected to generate about $2.8 million a year from the tax.

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News•by Staff•April 2, 2019

NY Budget Includes Car Rental Surcharge

The fee will fund renovations to Upstate New York transit. However, the legislation does not address last year's FAA reauthorization, which includes an amendment that ensures taxes imposed at airports be levied only for airport purposes.

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News•by Staff•March 14, 2019

ACRA: Security to Take Center Stage at International Car Rental Show

With special guests from the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and a counter-terrorism security firm, the American Car Rental Association’s seminar at the 2019 ICRS will give attendees the tools to recognize extremist behavior and how to avoid an extremist catastrophe.

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News•by Staff•March 12, 2019

Utah P2P Carsharing Bill Killed

However, last week, the Salt Lake City Council passed a law that will levy fines against people who conduct rental transactions at the airport via P2P companies, as those companies are currently not paying fees to operate at the airport.

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News•by Staff•March 11, 2019

Uber to Pay $2.6M to Settle Dutch Taxi Violations

The settlement states that Uber and its entities violated local taxi laws, which mandates transportation companies have a taxi license in order to operate.

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