BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Zipcar, the world’s leading car-sharing network, today announced its intention to launch a new floating car-sharing service in Brussels. This will mark the seventh major country launch for the brand in Europe and the introduction of its most flexible car-sharing service to date. A photo accompanying this announcement [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, was spotted in the parking lot of SK Group’s headquarters riding a Socar vehicle. According to SK Group, Chey appeared in the parking lot of the headquarters building with Socar officials. After riding a Kia Ray for 10 minutes, attracting some attention, he [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean car sharing industry is picking up speed to expand beyond the niche market to go mainstream as the government is set to ease regulations on the industry’s operation as a way to curb congestion and pollution. Short-term, automated car rentals entered the local business scene in [...]
LONDON, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Zipcar, the world’s leading car sharing network, today announced that Nicholas Cole has been appointed president, International. In this role, Cole will be responsible for driving Zipcar’s international expansion in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia and Australia, and for accelerating the Company’s growth in these key [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Green Car, an official car sharing operator in Seoul and the largest player in terms of the market share, is promoting a special event together with mobile messenger Line. Intended to generate a sense of connection and affinity among peoples — mobile-savvy potential consumers in particular, to its service [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s official car sharing company SoCar announced on July 17 that it has recorded the highest growth rate in the industry. Only after two years from the launch of its services, SoCar now runs over 1,000 cars and 700 franchises, which is the biggest in Korea. The rate at [...]