General service agents are already established in 34 countries, with plans to grow their presence in France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Belgium.
This is the second city launch for ViaVan, following its launch in Amsterdam last month.
Affordable Car Hire, Flexiblecarhire.com, and online travel agency P&P Associates have made legal agreements to make car rental quotes more transparent as consumer complaints in the United Kingdom grow.
A report by the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association found that about 15.5 million car rentals are made in the UK each year, making terrorist attacks using rental vehicles more common because they are inconspicuous.
French peer-to-peer carsharing service Drivy has launched in London. It plans to expand across the U.K. throughout 2018.
Uber will ban its drivers in London from using vehicles that are not hybrid or fully electric by 2020 in an effort to curb illegal levels of pollution in the city.
Europcar Hourly Hire, available in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, offers both electric and hybrid vehicles.
AlphaCity vehicles in the UK have travelled a combined 1,022,084 miles for the year to date.
The UK government plans to roll out a vehicle excise tax in 2017 that will result in an increase for car rental companies.
U.K.-based Enterprise Car Club, part of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, has doubled the number of carsharing vehicles in Birmingham – from six to 15 vehicles.