Car subscriptions entering the vehicle market: What you need to know

Car subscriptions entering the vehicle market: What you need to know

ATLANTA - Buying a vehicle is a big purchase., and these days outside too many budgets. This is why a new car trend is emerging - car subscriptions. ...

Germans lead EV buyer intentions poll

Germans lead EV buyer intentions poll

Eighty percent of premium car drivers intend to switch to an electric vehicle within the next five years By Graeme Roberts Eighty percent of premium c...

Autonomy’s Electric Vehicle Subscription Now Available in California’s Napa, Sonoma, and Marin Counties

Autonomy’s Electric Vehicle Subscription Now Available in California’s Napa, Sonoma, and Marin Counties

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Autonomy, the electric vehicle subscription company that offers the cheapest, fastest, and easiest way to get a...

What is a car subscription service?

What is a car subscription service?

Jodie Humphries 14 Jul, 2022 - 5 min read Last year, research by Carly, a car subscription service, revealed that 38 per cent of Australians ...

EVs and autonomy: Why it will make no sense to buy your own electric car

EVs and autonomy: Why it will make no sense to buy your own electric car

As the share market boosted the value of Tesla by another two Ford Motor Companies in a single day on Monday, it was clear that something has changed ...

Car Subscription Services 2.0: How to Win the Race

Car Subscription Services 2.0: How to Win the Race

By Eric Zayer, Mary Stroncek, Thomas Wendt, Klaus Stricker, and Raymond Tsang At a Glance Despite the hype, many companies have had trouble developing...

Car subscription: a multi-billion Euro market!

Car subscription: a multi-billion Euro market!

Car subscription: a multi-billion Euro market! The importance of vehicle subscription is growing – up to 4 million new vehicle subscription contra...

Currux Review – Complete Review

Currux Review – Complete Review

Currux Miles Orduña January 12, 2021  Currux is a Houston, TX-based subscription service. Subscribers can choose the car they want and com...

Currux featured as one of 22 Best Texas Based Consumer Lending Firms

Currux featured as one of 22 Best Texas Based Consumer Lending Firms

This article showcases our top picks for the best Texas based Consumer Lending companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approac...

Volkswagen Explores Customer Interest In Subscription Model

Volkswagen Explores Customer Interest In Subscription Model

Volkswagen wants to gauge customer interest in pay-per-mile billing and on-demand charges for optional car functions through a pilot subscription serv...

Will The Shift To Electric Vehicles Change The Car Subscription Market?

Will The Shift To Electric Vehicles Change The Car Subscription Market?

The concept of cars on subscription has generated a lot of buzz in the last few years, but as of early 2021, it is still a work in progress. In 2...

Porsche adds the all-electric Taycan to its subscription program

Porsche adds the all-electric Taycan to its subscription program

  Kirsten Korosec@kirstenkorosec / 4:48 PM CDT•March 25, 2021   Porsche has added its first all-electric vehicle, th...

Tesla finally offers lease-to-buy options for Model 3 and Y, but it’s not available everywhere

Tesla finally offers lease-to-buy options for Model 3 and Y, but it’s not available everywhere

ByJoey Klender Posted on February 13, 2021   Tesla is starting to offer the option to purchase its all-electric Model 3 and Model Y vehic...

Edmunds: Whatever happened to car subscription services?

Edmunds: Whatever happened to car subscription services?

Car subscription services were once billed as the future of car buying By WILL KAUFMAN Edmunds   Just a few years ago, car subscriptions ...

Investors Are Eyeing Mobility Technologies, and for Good Reason

Investors Are Eyeing Mobility Technologies, and for Good Reason

Venture capital investors recently discussed the transportation innovations where they see big opportunities for significant growth — the expans...

Why OEMs Won’t Survive Transition to Mobility

Why OEMs Won’t Survive Transition to Mobility

GM, Ford, Mercedes-Benz and BMW have tried and failed with car sharing or ride hailing. Tesla, with its direct connection to customers, probab...

It's still Day 1 for vehicle subscriptions

It's still Day 1 for vehicle subscriptions

ADAM CARLEY   Jeff Bezos is fond of declaring it's still "Day 1" for Amazon. Staying in "Day 1" means you can do more for your customers &mdash...

Those Vehicle-Swap Schemes Seemed Like a Good Idea

Those Vehicle-Swap Schemes Seemed Like a Good Idea

Automotive subscription plans of today typically are less ambitious and involve single-vehicle use. Steven Finlay | Sep 02, 2020 &...

UK’s Drover raises $26M to take its car subscription marketplace to Europe

UK’s Drover raises $26M to take its car subscription marketplace to Europe

Ingrid Lunden@ingridlunden / 3:59 am CDT•July 16, 2020 Image Credits: Ina FASSBENDER / AFP / Getty Images ...

OEM Transformations: The Benefits of Subscription Models

OEM Transformations: The Benefits of Subscription Models

May 13, 2020 Evangelos Simoudis   Recently we entered the second phase of next-generation mobility, the Fleet-Emergence Phase that i...

Penske Offers Truck Fleets a "Get Back to Business" Special Offer with Flexible Lease Terms

Penske Offers Truck Fleets a "Get Back to Business" Special Offer with Flexible Lease Terms

READING, Pa., April 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Penske Truck Leasing today announced that it is offering fleets a "Get Back to Busine...

Used Car Leasing on Course To Becoming A $6B Market (And That’s Just In Europe)

Used Car Leasing on Course To Becoming A $6B Market (And That’s Just In Europe)

Sarwant Singh Contributor  Transportation To explain the appeal of used car leasing, I need look no further than two trends: the growing p...

Pay to play: Car-subscription programs on the rise

Pay to play: Car-subscription programs on the rise

Consumers are rethinking car ownership and monthly or weekly subscriptions could surpass car ownership as an age-old rite of passage By MARK...

The Cruise Origin Story

The Cruise Origin Story

https://medium.com/cruise/the-cruise-origin-story-b6e9ad4b47e5 Every time we hit the road, we’re faced with tradeoffs: Should I spend 30 b...

NEWS Toyota launches European mobility brand Kinto

NEWS Toyota launches European mobility brand Kinto

By Sam Mehmet (Intelligent Transport) 15 January 2020 Kinto is said to form part of Toyota’s global vision to evolve into a mobility company...

Currux to Participate at Cleantech Private Capital Day v2 Investor Conference

Currux to Participate at Cleantech Private Capital Day v2 Investor Conference

ROTH Capital Partners and Sustain SoCal to Host Cleantech Private Capital Day v2 in Irvine, California on December 4, 2019 Event to Featur...

Could car subscription services disrupt the auto industry?

Could car subscription services disrupt the auto industry?

https://www.ft.com/video/16a197ad-b95c-4a11-bf37-b4295dd7057b Car subscription services are an alternative to owning or leasing a car. As the FT&rsqu...

Daimler Mobility starts long-term car rental business in Korea

Daimler Mobility starts long-term car rental business in Korea

Daimler Mobility announced on Tuesday it has set up Mercedes-Benz Mobility Korea (MBMK) as a separate business entity to launch a range of new product...

Car subscription service Cluno discloses €140M in debt financing

Car subscription service Cluno discloses €140M in debt financing

  Steve O'Hear @sohear / 5:01 am CDT • September 24, 2019 Cluno, the Munich startup providing what it calls a &ldquo...

Private and SME Segments Stand Out Globally as Key Targets for Car Leasing Companies

Private and SME Segments Stand Out Globally as Key Targets for Car Leasing Companies

NEWS PROVIDED BY Frost & Sullivan  Aug 13, 2019, 10:05 ET SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The global fle...

Five ways vehicle subscriptions will impact dealerships by 2020

Five ways vehicle subscriptions will impact dealerships by 2020

By Gary Brooks 12 July 2019 When is the last time you bought a CD or DVD instead of streaming directly from Spotify or Netflix? Today’s co...

Instead of leasing or buying a car, subscribe to one

Instead of leasing or buying a car, subscribe to one

Finding the best car subscription plan requires a look at these factors. BY BRIAN COOLEY Three months. That's about how long I think a new car feels...

Enterprise announces its automobile subscription service

Enterprise announces its automobile subscription service

Initial plans typically change in the subscription world, so it behooves the consumer to wait and see how everything shakes out. By Gary Guthrie...

Leasing a Used Car Can Save You Some Serious Bucks

Leasing a Used Car Can Save You Some Serious Bucks

by Russ Heaps Thinking about replacing your current ride? If leasing a used car hasn't crossed your radar, you aren't alone. Used-car leasin...

Yes, You Can Lease a Used Car

Yes, You Can Lease a Used Car

by Matt Jones Are you thinking about leasing a new car? It may be possible to lease a slightly used version of the same vehicle you've g...

COMPLETE GUIDE TO VEHICLE SUBSCRIPTIONS

COMPLETE GUIDE TO VEHICLE SUBSCRIPTIONS

From self-driving cars and electric vehicles to the decline of the traditional sedan, the auto industry is grappling with change on many fronts today,...

AMAZON CONFIRMS HUGE INVESTMENT IN EV MAKER RIVIAN

AMAZON CONFIRMS HUGE INVESTMENT IN EV MAKER RIVIAN

A $700 million investment round is being led by the retail giant by Words: Todd Lassa  February 15, 2019 One day after Amazon sa...

Eight trends that determine the future of vehicle leasing

Eight trends that determine the future of vehicle leasing

Electric Vehicle and Private Car Leasing will continue to be dominant themes in the 2019 Global Fleet Vehicle Leasing Market. While we are waiting for...

This company’s machine learning programs are making driving in Houston safer — and cheaper

This company’s machine learning programs are making driving in Houston safer — and cheaper

Alice Levitt Jan 16, 2019, 8:44 am Two thousand years ago, in ancient Rome, the primary mode of transportation was an intelligent one: the horse. Th...

Noteworthy way to get a cheap monthly car rental in Houston

Noteworthy way to get a cheap monthly car rental in Houston

At least once everyone has faced the situation of being in a new town and searching for a long term car rental. Let's say you just got a job in anothe...

Car subscription services: A slow, expensive start — but the potential is huge

Car subscription services: A slow, expensive start — but the potential is huge

It's in automakers' best interests to get subscriptions right   JIM MOTAVALLI Dec 26th 2018 at 10:00AM     Americans are used t...

One-Click Online Purchasing Is Encouraging More Car Buyers to Ditch the Dealership

One-Click Online Purchasing Is Encouraging More Car Buyers to Ditch the Dealership

Elizabeth Werth Yesterday 2:35pm Hands up if you’re one of the countless people who is a fiend for online shopping. With the growth of compani...

WARMEST WISHES FOR HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

WARMEST WISHES FOR HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Currux - Building the Future of Mobility!

Audi Approves Mega Spending On Electric Mobility

Audi Approves Mega Spending On Electric Mobility

DEC 12 2018BY  VANJA KLJAIC The Audi board approved a €14 billion investment plan in “electric mobility, digitalization and autonom...

Leasing vs. Buying vs. Car Subscription

Leasing vs. Buying vs. Car Subscription

These days we are subscribing for literally everything… subscription economy anyone? For example, from music subscriptions to food and now even...

Currux Car Subscriptions: 5 Things You Should Know

Currux Car Subscriptions: 5 Things You Should Know

Rather than leasing a car, a subscription service like Currux allows you to drive a car for an all-inclusive monthly fee. In most cases it will cover ...

Continuous EV Range Increases Will Drive US Shifts To Leasing/Subscriptions & Growth In The Used Car Market

Continuous EV Range Increases Will Drive US Shifts To Leasing/Subscriptions & Growth In The Used Car Market

October 28th, 2018 by Loren McDonald  Electric vehicles with bigger or more efficient battery packs every few years will be key to mee...

Difference between leasing and car subscriptions

Difference between leasing and car subscriptions

Annie Taylor 4:59 PM, Oct 10, 2018 There are options when it comes to getting a car. You can lease or buy, and now, you can get a car subscription. ...

With Audi Select, Automaker Pilots Subscription Rentals

With Audi Select, Automaker Pilots Subscription Rentals

By PYMNTS Posted on September 25, 2018   Luxury automakers are test driving new business models: Audi has announced a pi...

Increased Consumer Awareness of Depreciation Costs to Boost Subscriptions

Increased Consumer Awareness of Depreciation Costs to Boost Subscriptions

Nicole Casperson, September 17, 2018 Credit Performance, Innovation & Mobility The depreciation of a new vehicle and its hidden costs for consume...

Monthly car subscriptions pick up speed with drivers

Monthly car subscriptions pick up speed with drivers

It may be time to start kicking the tires on car subscription plans By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, Associated Press Published: September 9, 2018, 6:0...

This is What You Need to Know About Car Subscriptions

This is What You Need to Know About Car Subscriptions

Elizabeth Werth Saturday 5:00pm Filed to:      Subscription services are the norm nowadays. You can subscribe to Netflix to watc...

Riding Uber & Lyft More Expensive than Subscribing with Currux

Riding Uber & Lyft More Expensive than Subscribing with Currux

Currux customers agree. For daily commute single member subscriptions (with Currux) can be 2x less expensive that using a taxi ( aka Uber / Lyft). Sha...

Version 3 of Currux App Published in App and Play stores.

Version 3 of Currux App Published in App and Play stores.

Dear Currux Friends, Today we published v.3 of our iOS and Android apps in App and Play stores.  Our team works every day to make Currux better....

Like Netflix or Amazon Prime for cars: St. Louis dealers look to lure customers with monthly subscriptions

Like Netflix or Amazon Prime for cars: St. Louis dealers look to lure customers with monthly subscriptions

By Brian Feldt ST. Louis Post-Dispatch   Aug 18, 2018 Multiple St. Louis auto dealers are introducing short-term rental service plans th...

Car subscription services offer simple, flexible alternative to buying or leasing a car

Car subscription services offer simple, flexible alternative to buying or leasing a car

Author: Philip Reed, Nerdwallet Don't want to buy? Subscribe to your next car If you’d like to be able to switch cars depending on your n...

New Age of Transportation Expected to Thin Auto Dealer Ranks

New Age of Transportation Expected to Thin Auto Dealer Ranks

As the age of mobility evolves and the advent of autonomous cars approaches, fewer personal vehicles will be sold, says Mark O'Neil of Cox Automotive....

Toyota Launches a Car-Sharing Subscription Service for Hawaii

Toyota Launches a Car-Sharing Subscription Service for Hawaii

By BRITTANY SHOOT  July 11, 2018 Toyota Motor Corp. is on the road less traveled with Hui, its new car-sharing service, ava...

State bill would put car dealers in driver's seat for newfangled subscription services

State bill would put car dealers in driver's seat for newfangled subscription services

Los Angeles Times By DAVID LAZARUS JUN 01, 2018 | 3:00 AM The rise of Uber and Lyft has made clear that a growing number of pe...

Why Buy a Car When You Can Subscribe in Style?

Why Buy a Car When You Can Subscribe in Style?

Innovations in mobility are giving owners alternatives to ownership that make driving far less burdensome, and far more flexible.By  Nathaniel B...

Volvo targets 33% autonomous sales and 50% subscription sales by 2025

Volvo targets 33% autonomous sales and 50% subscription sales by 2025

Volvo has expanded upon its mid-term ambitions by announcing that it's aiming for 33% of its sales to be of autonomous cars and 50% to be from its sub...

Currux - Interview with the developer of a fantastic app

Currux - Interview with the developer of a fantastic app

Downloadastro Interview Did you have any prior development or coding experience? No I didn’t. I am aided by a talented team of developers...

GM Gets Ready for a Post-Car Future

GM Gets Ready for a Post-Car Future

About a hundred years ago, the United States reached “peak horse.” In 1920 some 25 million horses roamed the plains, boulevards, cul-de-sa...

Currux App Is Now Available on Apple App Store!

Currux App Is Now Available on Apple App Store!

June 1, 2018.  Currux.com Currux app is now available on Apple App Store! Our app makes it easy and convenient to purchase single member and ...

Currux – a case for a decentralized fleet management / mobility future.

Currux – a case for a decentralized fleet management / mobility future.

May 29, 2018. By Alex Colosivschi Car dealers and second tier OEMs face an uncertain future.  On one side, large OEMs, inspired by Tesla’...

Mary Barra on Driving Into the Future

Mary Barra on Driving Into the Future

Mary Barra, chairman and CEO of General Motors Company, and Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, discuss the latest trends shaping the ...

Currux App is now available on Google Play!

Currux App is now available on Google Play!

On Shared Car Subscriptions, the Power of Compound Interest and Currux

On Shared Car Subscriptions, the Power of Compound Interest and Currux

May 20, 2018.  By Alex Colosivschi To further aid our customers in estimating the benefits of joint car subscriptions we have built a simple ind...

Currux App is Coming!

Currux App is Coming!

Our App for Apple and Android devices is coming soon!  Stay tuned.   Currux Team.

Introduction to Car Subscriptions / Currux

Introduction to Car Subscriptions / Currux

May 19, 2018. By Alex Colosivschi Currux is a leader in the digital marketplace bringing auto dealers and consumers together to facilitate single and...

Car companies have started offering monthly subscriptions for drivers who don't want to own

Car companies have started offering monthly subscriptions for drivers who don't want to own

Of the 17 million cars expected to be sold in the U.S. this year, about a third are leased. The rest are purchased. But there’s a new option for...

Cleantech Investors Should Put Their Money in Transportation, Says Village Capital

Cleantech Investors Should Put Their Money in Transportation, Says Village Capital

A new report outlines the “rich opportunities” in transport for venture capitalists. A report from investment firm Village Capital has su...

Driverless car startup Drive.ai is launching a ride-hailing service in Texas

Driverless car startup Drive.ai is launching a ride-hailing service in Texas

Drive.ai wants to be noticed. Unlike companies that have designed driverless cars to look a lot like regular ones, Drive.ai’s autonomous va...

Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation - CWA - Boulder, April 9, 2018

Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation - CWA - Boulder, April 9, 2018

'Rethinking the Future - Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation' is Tony Seba's opening keynote at the 70th annual Conference on World Affairs ...

Self-Driving Car Pioneers Are Slowing Down After Crashes

Self-Driving Car Pioneers Are Slowing Down After Crashes

Accidents are igniting debate over how to regulate the industry. Regulators taking a closer look at ride-hailing services: BNEF A series of high-prof...

Mercedes-Benz's Plan for Surviving the Auto Revolution

Mercedes-Benz's Plan for Surviving the Auto Revolution

IF YOU'RE THE guy in charge of leading Daimler—you know, the world’s largest luxury carmaker, one of Europe’s most importa...

Driving in US Costs More than in Parts of Europe

Driving in US Costs More than in Parts of Europe

Driving freedom comes at a cost in many countries, including in the U.S. By Megan Trimble, Associate Editor, Social Media |April 11, 2...

Waymo starts to eclipse Uber in race to self-driving taxis

Waymo starts to eclipse Uber in race to self-driving taxis

Uber barreled into autonomous driving out of fear that it could end up as the Myspace or Yahoo of ride-hailing, a company with early gargantuan succes...

Electric Cars Could Save Ride-Sharing Drivers $5,200 a Year

Electric Cars Could Save Ride-Sharing Drivers $5,200 a Year

Lyft, Uber and Ride Austin drivers are ideal candidates for electric vehicles, according to a Rocky Mountain Institute analysis. The rapid growth...