Next Inspect is designed to help dealers, auctions, and consumers inspect and generate detailed reporting. Photo: Manheim Next Inspect, a new mobile application from Manheim, enables dealers, fleet drivers, and consumers to more easily capture a vehicle’s condition, the company announced May 24. The resulting report, complete with Fyusion’s AI-powered imaging, can help commercial consignors… Continue reading Manheim Introduces Self-Inspection Tool for Consignors
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ChatGPT Comes to Car Rental: Top 8 Risks and Liabilities
Rental agencies can face data privacy, regulatory, legal and fraud risks when implementing AI technologies. Pixabay ChatGPT is already in automotive. Rental car companies are beginning to use AI tools into their systems and processes to ensure a smooth customer journey. But despite the benefits, integrating advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Neural… Continue reading ChatGPT Comes to Car Rental: Top 8 Risks and Liabilities
Turo Launches ChatGPT Plug-In to Help Renters Find Car
Travelers tell GPT-4 about their travel plans and the system selects personalized vehicle recommendations from Turo’s 320,000+ active vehicles. Turo Turo has launched a ChatGPT (GPT-4) plugin built on OpenAI to make finding and booking the perfect car easier than ever. Turo data scientists and engineers spotted an opportunity for the company to leverage the industry-leading natural-language… Continue reading Turo Launches ChatGPT Plug-In to Help Renters Find Car
Finalrentals Launches in Croatia
Finalrentals sees the Balkan region as having tremendous growth potential. Canva Finalrentals has secured a master franchisee in Croatia who will serve the country’s main areas, notably Zagreb City and Zagreb Airport. Vanda Karic, a renowned female entrepreneur in the Balkan car rental marketplace, secured the Master Franchise. “Finalrentals believes the Balkan region, notably Croatia,… Continue reading Finalrentals Launches in Croatia
Tips to Buy and Sell Rental Vehicles in Today’s Market
Local dealer love used rental cars: Ask the dealers who sell you new cars if they’d consider an informal buyback program after reaching a mileage threshold in the rental fleet. Canva As new vehicle prices continue to climb while wholesale prices are falling, rental companies might want to rethink their vehicle buying and selling strategies.… Continue reading Tips to Buy and Sell Rental Vehicles in Today’s Market
How a Corporate Rental Company Uses a Unique Financing Model to Unlock Profits
Facing maxed out utilization across its fleet and high sticker prices for outright purchases, SacTesla needed to grow—and needed a creative way to extend their capital. Learn how they… Faced challenges growing their fleet despite their business success Expanded their fleet without large upfront costs Leveraged a pay-per-mile subscription to open the door to more… Continue reading How a Corporate Rental Company Uses a Unique Financing Model to Unlock Profits
Hertz Launches “Hertz Electrifies Orlando”
Hertz will add up to 6,000 rental EVs to its Orlando fleet to expand availability to rental customers and rideshare drivers. Hertz Hertz Chair and CEO Stephen Scherr and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer launched Hertz Electrifies Orlando, a public-private partnership aimed at accelerating electric vehicles (EV) adoption and expanding the environmental and economic benefits of electrification across Orlando. Under the partnership, Hertz will: Add up to… Continue reading Hertz Launches “Hertz Electrifies Orlando”
Getaround Acquires Most of HyreCar’s Assets
HyreCar customers will now have access to Getaround Connect, a contactless sharing platform for the carsharing industry. Photo: Canva HyreCar, a business that specializes in carsharing, ridesharing, and the delivery of food and packages, has declared that it will sell most of its possessions to Getaround in a transaction expected to close on or about May… Continue reading Getaround Acquires Most of HyreCar’s Assets
State Van Rental Resolved 50% More Damage Disputes
Learn how State Van Rental, an independent van rental company, has resolved 50% more damage disputes by implementing Record360. This digital solution helped the company transition from a limited paper-based damage recording process to a more accurate and efficient system that captures high-resolution photos and videos of their vans’ conditions. Delve into the success story… Continue reading State Van Rental Resolved 50% More Damage Disputes
Agenda Announced: Fleet Forward Tour Chicago
The Fleet Forward Tour Chicago speaker lineup features (left to right) Michael Terreri of Assetworks, Chris Brown from Bobit, Brittany Zwicker of Element, Ken Crowley of Village of Oak Park, Giordy Lem from City of Chicago, and Tim Cengel of Union Leasing. Photo: Bobit/Canva Fleet Forward: The Tour announces the agenda for its third stop of… Continue reading Agenda Announced: Fleet Forward Tour Chicago