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1 in 3 Car-sharing Vehicles Lacks Safety Management

1 in 3 Car-sharing Vehicles Lacks Safety Management

SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Safety management in car-sharing services, which offer non-face-to-face vehicle rentals, is substandard, leading to ongoing consumer losses such as excessive repair costs, a survey showed Tuesday. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Consumer Agency with 66 vehicles from the nation’s major car-sharing platforms, including Green Car, Socar [...]

South Korean Firms Adopt Car-sharing to Cut Costs

South Korean Firms Adopt Car-sharing to Cut Costs

SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — As the paradigm of car use shifts from ownership to service, an increasing number of South Korean firms are embracing car-sharing services to minimize costs. Car-sharing platform operator SOCAR Inc. has established some 4,800 SOCAR zones nationwide and deployed around 20,000 vehicles. This allows companies to utilize these vehicles [...]

SOCAR’s Commuter Pass Subscriptions Surge as Workers Return to Office

SOCAR’s Commuter Pass Subscriptions Surge as Workers Return to Office

SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s largest car-sharing and mobility service provider SOCAR Inc. said Monday that the use of its Commuter Pass subscriptions, designed for office workers, grew robustly by about 50 percent from November last year to March of this year. The Commuter Pass is a program that provides users with access to SOCAR [...]

Car-sharing Businesses Suffer from Careless Customers

Car-sharing Businesses Suffer from Careless Customers

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Car-sharing businesses are suffering from massive financial losses due to careless users. Car-sharing vehicles owned by SOCAR Inc., a car-sharing service provider, last no more than three years on average, a mere 20 percent of the average lifespan of automobiles in South Korea. Smaller car-sharing platforms have a vehicle [...]

Renault Samsung’s LPG Model Selected for Car-sharing Service with Hearing-impaired Drivers

Renault Samsung’s LPG Model Selected for Car-sharing Service with Hearing-impaired Drivers

SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault Samsung Motors Corp., the South Korean unit of French automaker Renault S.A., said Tuesday its liquefied petroleum gas-powered QM6 SUV will be used for the platform established to offer car-sharing services by hiring hearing-impaired drivers. Goyohan (meaning “silent” in Korean) Mobility, established by a local startup Coactus Ltd., [...]