Car Rental 2019: Solid Fundamentals, but Questions Ahead
Exiting a year of record revenues, the new year brings challenges from market disruptors, incumbent players new to the U.S. market, and new mobility models.
December 18, 2019
Exiting a year of record revenues, the new year brings challenges from market disruptors, incumbent players new to the U.S. market, and new mobility models.
December 18, 2019
Data management and protection, electrification, telematics, video technology, mobile servicing, shared mobility, and advanced safety tech took center stage in San Jose.
November 26, 2019
The used car market has adopted a Swiss Army-knife approach to managing the “off-lease tsunami,” which turned into a manageable rising tide. Are new market dynamics breathing life into a segment left for a dead, the midsize sedan?
November 18, 2019
Regarding the company’s TNC and last-mile delivery rentals, “I think that business could double its current size,” said Hertz CEO Kathy Marinello on the company’s third quarter conference call.
November 6, 2019
The major Brazilian car rental companies are on a buying spree, while long-term rentals to commercial customers are keeping the independents afloat. The biggest story, however, is that rental companies are now the biggest suppliers of cars to ride-hailing drivers in the country.
October 8, 2019
Walking into a representative’s or senator’s office to cogently deliver a message that will inspire change is an exhilarating, exhausting, and daunting task. Here’s an inside look on how these meetings go down.
September 30, 2019
Lyft’s car rental service offers renters some great perks, though it doesn’t yet have the big-volume problems that airport car rental companies experience.
September 11, 2019
Hertz CEO Kathy Marinello said investing in Dollar and Thrifty, its own value-oriented brands, allow Hertz to better compete in the premium segment.
August 21, 2019
Avis’s expansion of its TNC rentals program depends on its ability to manage vehicle mileage and telemetry, made possible by a connected car.
August 21, 2019
One of the final consolidations in U.S. car rental, the acquisition has ramifications in both the leisure and corporate markets, as well as for other brands.
August 14, 2019
In this analysis of recent mobility news, we apply the “efficiencies, cost, savings, fewer tech hurdles” rule to see which new mobility models might be deployed sooner than we think.
August 5, 2019
Fetch is an on-demand peer-to-peer rental service for pickups, box trucks, and cargo vans. Cofounder Adam Steinberg says the commercial side is its fastest growing segment.
August 5, 2019
From a geeky industry insider standpoint, the fact that Lyft is renting fleet to consumers on a daily rate is a big deal. But questions abound regarding the business model and profitability.
July 17, 2019
A massive new market for fleet management will be created that doesn’t exist yet. Are you ready?
June 11, 2019
De Shon came up as an operations guy. Perhaps that mindset, whether moving airplanes or rental fleets as efficiently as possible, is what ultimately led him to lead the charge as Avis's first “mobility CEO.”
May 29, 2019