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The majority of car sales outside the United States will be electric vehicles in 2040 The use of cars with diesel engine will be banned in Spain in 2025, according to the forecasts of the consultancy Oliver Wyman, who has ensured that the transition to electric vehicles is “inevitable” and that “the best” that can […]
The American vehicle rental company Hertz recorded a net loss of 202 million dollars (169.7 million euros at the current rate) in the first three months of the year, which is almost 10% less than the 223 million ( 187.3 million euros) that it lost in the same period of the previous year, according to […]
A bus from Rome’s public transport service suffered a serious fire in the center of the Italian capital on Tuesday, forcing it to cut the area and deploy a large emergency device. The incident took place on the Via Tritone, near the tourist Fontana di Trevi. The driver and passengers were able to evacuate the […]
Bicing avoids one death each year and saves 2.5 million euros in Barcelona Changing cars by shared bicycles could prevent up to 73 deaths per year in Europe and save 226 million euros, according to a study that has analyzed the 12 largest public bicycle systems in Europe – with more than 2,000 units – […]
The Europcar vehicle rental group dry cleaned 13% of its rented cars during 2017 in all its subsidiaries, which allowed the company to save the water equivalent to 31 Olympic swimming pools throughout the year, according to the company. release. Since last year, the company has developed a new European program with the aim of […]
Cabify closed 2017 with a global growth of more than 500% in gross revenues and travel requests, tripled its installed base and multiplied by six the number of trips made compared to 2016, according to the company in a statement. The company of Spanish origin has explained that the growth is due to “knowledge and […]
The French car rental company Europcar has completed the acquisition process of the Spanish company Goldcar, after receiving approval from the European Commission on 5 December, the company said in a statement. The Europcar group pointed out that this purchase operation will allow it to become a “key player” in the ‘low cost’ rental segment […]
Barney Harford, former delegate of the Orbitz travel and airfares search engine, has been appointed Uber’s new director of operations, thus becoming the second highest executive of the US platform, only behind Dara Khosrowshahi, who took over the reins of the company Last August. In fact, Harford and Khosrowshahi coincided more than ten years ago […]
Uber and Indian vehicle manufacturer Mahindra have partnered to deploy hundreds of electric vehicles in Delhi and Hyderabad (India) from March next year, in a context in which the Asian country is pressuring car firms to make all the new production cars are electrified for 2030. Mahindra’s head of business for India and emerging markets, […]
The car rental companies Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car, belonging to Enterprise Holdings, have become for the sixth consecutive year the three best brands in their sector in the United States, according to Enterprise Holdings in relation to the annual JD satisfaction study Power 2017. Enterprise received the highest score […]