General Motors and RelayRides, a peer-to-peer car-sharing service that allows private car owners to rent their vehicles, announced a partnership and possible investment this week. Under an exclusive two-year agreement, RelayRides users will be able to unlock G.M. vehicles that are registered with the car-sharing service and subscribed to OnStar, the automaker’s communication service, with a mobile phone app. In this post for The New York Times Wheels blog, I explain the deal and why some people see the growing amount of computing power in cars as a “natural fit” for car sharing. Read the full story here.
RelayRides Gets a Lift from G.M.’s OnStar
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