Ground Transportation

PhocusWire's in-depth coverage of the ground transportation sector, featuring news, analysis, interviews, research and more on car rental, ride-hailing, taxis and rail.

News / Online

Sixt withdraws from DriveNow car-share service

By Kevin May | February 6, 2018

Car rental service Sixt has exited from the DriveNow car-sharing brand after selling its stake to manufacturer BMW. Read More

News / Startups

Bus travel platform Busbud races ahead with $11M investment

By Mitra Sorrells | January 31, 2018

Busbud, a Montreal-based booking platform for intercity bus tickets, is keen on expansion following the close of an $11 million Series B funding round. Read More

News / Technology

Google drives ahead with autonomous vehicle investment

By Kevin May | January 30, 2018

Google spin-off Waymo is ordering "thousands" of new, self-driving vehicles as part of its program to test driver-less technology. Read More

Opinion / Technology

Prepare for impact: autonomous vehicles will reshuffle the travel industry

By Alex Bainbridge - The Spontaneous Travel Company | January 26, 2018

Self-driving vehicles will, along with Blockchain, perhaps, be the next big industry-wide invention to make and break companies. Read More

News / Technology

Research Spotlight: Changing demands of US car market

By PhocusWire | January 26, 2018

The car rental business is coasting along - for now. Impacting it is softness in business travel demand, which led to just 1% of car rental market growth in 2016. Read More

News / Startups

Ride-sharing app Cabify secures $160M funding

By Mitra Sorrells | January 24, 2018

A new round of funding and new app features are positioning Madrid-based ride-hailing service Cabify to put more pressure on Uber and other car services. Read More

News / Online

Blacklane raises record round of $45 million

By Kevin May | January 24, 2018

Private car service Blacklane has achieved its biggest capital-raising effort so far - a Series D round to the tune of up to $45 million. Read More

News / Distribution

Podcast: Payam Safa of Bellhop on building a transparent transportation network

By Nick Vivion | January 23, 2018

There's been quite the pivot for mobile concierge startup Bellhop. The startup recently moved into providing a "best fare" search layer across on-demand transportation apps. It's basically a meta-laye Read More

Notated News / Technology

HomeToGo, TrustYou and more news briefs today...

By PhocusWire | January 22, 2018

HomeToGo connects with Tripz.com… TrustYou launches all-in-one guest feedback platform… Uplift aims to end jet lag… Travolutionary adds suppliers… Jump Bikes expands service… Read More

News / Online

Market gains expected for Ctrip, Despegar

By Mitra Sorrells | January 17, 2018

China’s Ctrip and Latin America’s Despegar are drawing optimistic outlooks from two financial analysts ahead of the release of their fourth-quarter results. Read More

Notated News / Technology

Behold the electric flying taxi

By Andrew Hawkins - The Verge | January 9, 2018

Helicopters aren’t typically found among the gadget and car insanity at CES, but Bell Helicopter doesn’t want to be seen as your typical purveyor of vertical flight. Read More