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NewsMarch 1, 2017

February Airport Rates Down in Every Region

February’s average nationwide quote was down $4.49 from last February after decreases of $1.02 in December and $3.87 in January. All regions were down, with the Northwest down $10.92 — the biggest decrease in the five regions.

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NewsMarch 1, 2017

ReachNow Announces Flat Rate Pricing

BMW’s ReachNow mobility service is unveiling flat rate hourly pricing of $20 for its carsharing program. Currently, ReachNow operates in Seattle, Portland, and Brooklyn.

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NewsFebruary 28, 2017

Hertz Posts $474M Net Loss for 2016

For full-year 2016, Hertz Global Holdings Inc. has reported total revenue of $8.8 billion, a decrease of 2% from $9 billion for 2015. In 2016, Hertz’s net loss was $474 million compared to $115 million in 2015.

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NewsFebruary 28, 2017

Record360, GoFormz Partnership Expands Digital Offerings

This partnership captures all rental data electronically, including video and photo, contracts, and signatures.

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NewsFebruary 28, 2017

CarTrawler Partners With Justfly Online Travel Agency

By partnering with CarTrawler, Justfly.com customers will have direct online access to CarTrawler’s variety of choices for car rental, taxi, private transfer, shuttle, and bus transfers.

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NewsFebruary 27, 2017

French Peer-to-Peer Carsharing Service to Launch at LAX, SFO

With support of PSA Group and MAIF, an insurance company, French-based TravelCar is launching its peer-to-peer carsharing service in the United States at the Los Angeles and San Francisco airports.

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NewsFebruary 27, 2017

Self-Driving Ubers Now Running in Arizona

Uber will be offering rides in its autonomous vehicles in Tempe, Ariz., two months after leaving California.

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NewsFebruary 27, 2017

Lyft Expands to More Than 50 New U.S. Cities

As part of the ride-hailing company’s 2017 expansion, Lyft has launched in 50 new U.S. cities, including Iowa City, Bismarck, N.D., Augusta, Ga., Topeka, Kan., Flint, Mich., St. Cloud, Minn., and Columbus, Ohio.

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NewsFebruary 24, 2017

February New-Vehicle Sales to Decline 3%, KBB Says

New-vehicle sales are expected to be down 3% compared to the same time last year, for a total of 1.3 million retail and fleet vehicles sales during February, which lowers the estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) to 17.1 million compared to February 2016’s 17.6 million SAAR.

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NewsFebruary 24, 2017

Audit Discovers $1.5M Loss at Denver Airport’s Car Rental Businesses

In a recent audit, Denver Auditor Timothy O’Brien found that the Denver International Airport lost nearly $1.5 million in rental car concessions over two years.

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