Getaround, the peer-to-peer car-sharing marketplace that first arrived in Seattle in 2018, is expanding its operations in the city through a new partnership with the Seattle Department of Transportation. SDOT… Read More
More than three years after BMW ReachNow had to deal with its vehicles becoming disabled on Washington State Ferries, a new car-sharing company has suffered a similar fate. A deckhand… Read More
Car-sharing is slowly making a comeback in Seattle. AAA’s GIG Car Share service launched this summer, filling a void left by ReachNow, car2go, and Lime — which all shut down… Read More
GIG Car Share is hitting the streets of Seattle. The new free-floating car-sharing service from AAA, which announced in February that it was expanding to the city, is officially available… Read More
Seattle is getting a new free-floating car-share service this spring, filling a void left by popular mobility options that exited the city over the past few months. AAA is expanding… Read More
Seattle was once a pioneer for car-sharing, home to car2go, BMW ReachNow, and LimePods. But each of those companies shut down their free-floating car-sharing services in the city, leaving it… Read More
Four years ago, Ben Gilbert was a symbol of Seattle’s rapidly expanding transportation options. The tech investor and entrepreneur had ditched his car at the time, opting to go “full… Read More
The car talk on the street was one of surprise Wednesday as Share Now, operator of car2go, announced that it will be pulling out of North America and leaving Seattle… Read More
Share Now, operator of the car2go car-sharing service, will end operations in North America on Feb. 29, leaving Seattle with no free-floating car-sharing services — a dramatic turn in a… Read More
Car2go is putting five cities in the rear-view mirror as the North American free-floating car-sharing market contracts rapidly. SHARE NOW, car2go’s parent company, said Friday that the service will shut… Read More
Just a few months ago, Seattle was pioneering free-floating car-sharing in the U.S. as the preferred test market for these new automotive mobility services. But the news Thursday that Lime… Read More
Car-sharing is stalling in Seattle. Lime is shuttering LimePod, a spokesperson confirmed Wednesday, marking the second closure of a free-floating car-sharing service in Seattle in two months. Lime will begin… Read More
Lime is officially launching its new free-floating car-sharing service in Seattle. Lime, the transportation startup valued at $2 billion, ran a beta test for the past three months with a… Read More
Lime bikes, Lime scooters, and now, Lime cars. Lime, the high-flying transportation startup valued at $1.1 billion, already has thousands of shared bicycles and scooters in more than 100 cities… Read More
Shared bikes and scooters from transportation company Lime are already rolling across cities all over the U.S. But soon, the company will offer a higher-octane option, starting in Seattle: LimePods,… Read More
Lime wants to add cars to its Seattle mobility fleet, expanding beyond the bright green, rentable bikes the company currently operates in the city. The Bay Area mobility startup applied… Read More
Say goodbye to the Smart Fortwo cars that have come to symbolize the popular car-sharing service car2go. The company said this week it is swapping out the squat Smart cars… Read More
In the increasingly crowded world of on-demand transportation options and the apps designed to hail and use those options, a new player is launching in Seattle with the hope of… Read More
Just because you don’t own a car in Seattle doesn’t mean it’s any easier to park one that you borrow. But for BMW’s car-sharing service ReachNow, new parking options are being… Read More
Update Aug. 30: Car2go officially passed the 100,000 member milestone in Seattle Wednesday. To celebrate, car2go is reimbursing members up to $50 in ferry rides over Labor Day weekend if they… Read More
Silvercar, an Austin-based company that is looking to disrupt the car rental business, is coming to Seattle. On July 31, Silvercar will launch its service at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with… Read More
BMW’s ReachNow has moved onto the next phase of testing its Ride service that will compete with Uber and Lyft by letting customers hail rides, opening it up to all Seattle members. ReachNow… Read More
Update: State ferry system advises drivers to avoid driving BMW ReachNow cars aboard until technical issue is resolved Original story: Be careful the next time you take a BMW ReachNow vehicle on… Read More
Three cities east of Seattle — Bellevue, Redmond and Kirkland, Wash. — have teamed up in a tech-oriented economic development alliance known as the Innovation Triangle, and they are working… Read More
A decade ago, if you were trying to get around in a city without a personal vehicle, there were a few options. You could utilize public transportation like a bus… Read More
ReachNow is expanding its dedicated parking lots, known as “Drop Zones,” in Seattle next month. The car-sharing service, which competes with Car2Go, is opening up a new Drop Zone in… Read More
Seattleites looking to drop in on the Capitol Hill neighborhood for a Friday night show have a new way to avoid surge-priced ride-hailing services or the battle for street parking.… Read More
BMW’s ReachNow car-sharing service this week announced a new flat-rate pricing plan that aims to make trips more affordable for users. Instead of being charged $0.41 each minute that the car… Read More
A first-of-its-kind study on the impact of the one-way car sharing service Car2go has found that the transportation model reduces the number of cars on city streets and cuts air pollution. In Seattle,… Read More
There are many ways to describe my experience testing out BMW’s new car-sharing service in Seattle this weekend. Fun. Exciting. Convenient. More simply, it was just really cool. BMW launched its… Read More