Uber customers throughout the U.S.,
Canada, France, the United
Kingdom, and Australia will
soon be able to rent from Turo's expansive selection of vehicles
directly through the Uber platform
SAN
FRANCISCO, Sept. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Uber
Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) and Turo, Inc. the world's largest
peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace, today announced a multi-year
partnership which will enable Uber customers to rent from Turo's
wide- ranging selection of vehicles directly from the Uber app
across key global markets.
Uber will bring Turo's extraordinary selection of over 1,600
makes and models to the Uber Rent platform, beginning in early
2025. The partnership aims to unlock more opportunities for Turo
hosts to turbocharge entrepreneurship, while enabling millions of
Uber customers in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and France to get behind the wheel of some of the
newest and buzziest vehicles.
"Our partnership with Uber unlocks a huge opportunity to utilize
the Uber Rent platform to turbocharge growth and further cement our
position as the world's largest peer-to-peer car sharing platform,"
said Turo Vice President, Business
Development, Andro Vrdoljak. "By joining forces with Uber,
Turo is well positioned to penetrate a massive $150B-plus total addressable market."
"We see flexible access to shared vehicles as a critical part of
the future of transportation - and partnerships such as this with
Turo are a key part of getting there while continuing to offer the
best experience for riders," said Niraj
Patel, Global Head of Consumer Vehicles at Uber. "By working
together, we can further our shared goals of reducing private car
ownership and putting the cars that are on the road to better use,
all while giving Uber Rent customers more choice to pick the ideal
car for their next errand or weekend getaway."
About Turo
Turo is the world's largest car sharing
marketplace, where you can rent the perfect car for wherever you're
going from a vibrant community of trusted hosts across the US, UK,
Canada, Australia, and France. Flying in from afar or looking for a
car down the street, searching for a rugged truck or something
smooth and swanky, you can skip the rental car counter and choose
from an extraordinary, totally unique selection of nearby vehicles
shared by local hosts. Entrepreneurs can take the wheel of their
futures by becoming hosts and building car sharing businesses on
Turo, leveraging our established platform to scale their businesses
to meet their goals.
With an unwavering mission of putting the world's 1.5 billion
cars to better use, Turo unlocks the hidden value in idle and
underutilized assets, empowering anyone to get in the driver's
seat. Find your drive® — Turo.
To learn more about Turo, please visit www.turo.com.
About Uber
Uber's mission is to create opportunity
through movement. We started in 2010 to solve a simple problem: how
do you get access to a ride at the touch of a button? More than 52
billion trips later, we're building products to get people closer
to where they want to be. By changing how people, food, and things
move through cities, Uber is a platform that opens up the world to
new possibilities.
Media Contacts:
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Source: Turo Inc.
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