Zipcar’s decision last week to make a strategic investment in peer-to-peer car-sharing startup Wheelz surprised many. But Wheelz is another way for Zipcar to access a young demographic, college students, which… Read more »
Car sharing continues to roar on as one of the most tangible ways in which we’re seeing an ideal of the cleantech movement—reducing resource consumption—finding market appeal. Capital flowed to peer-to-peer… Read more »
The relationship between car sharing companies and automotive manufacturers bears scrutiny, says GigaOM Pro analyst Adam Lesser in his weekly column. Read more »
Peer to peer car sharing added another contender as Wheelz, which launched at Stanford, enters the game with $2 million. Unlike Getaround and RelayRides, Wheelz is starting at college campuses in… Read more »
The news a few weeks back that William Helman IV, a partner at VC firm Greylock Partners and the lead director on Zipcar’s board, had become the 15th member of Ford’s… Read more »