Uber Carshare

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Uber Carshare
Company type Subsidiary
IndustryTransportation
Founded2012, in Sydney, NSW, Australia
FounderWill Davies, David Trumbull, and Chloe Iliffe
Defunct12 September 2024
FateOperational difficulties relating to insurance and theft risk.
HeadquartersSydney, NSW, Australia
Area served
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Tasmania, Canberra, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Newcastle
Key people
Will Davies (Founder & CEO) & , Dave Trumbull (Founder & CTO), Chloe Iliffe (Founder), Merryn Clancy (COO)
Services Peer-to-peer carsharing
Parent Uber
Website www.ubercarshare.com

Uber Carshare was an Australian company that facilitated peer-to-peer car rental, a system by which individuals may rent privately owned vehicles [1] [2] on an hourly or daily basis to other registered users of the service. [3] [4] [5]

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History

Established in 2012 as Car Next Door, [6] it operated in all Australian capital cities as well as the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Newcastle. [7] [8] [9]

Caltex Australia (later Ampol) invested A$2.5 million in the company in 2016. [10] Ampol sold its 17.2% interest for A$16.7 million on 24 December 2021. [11]

Hyundai invested in the company in 2019, [12] and listed a number of its electric Ioniq vehicles for sharing through the platform.

On 20 January 2022, the company was acquired by Uber for an undisclosed sum, but believed to be $105 million. [13] [14] [15] [16] This was Uber's first Australian acquisition. The company continued operating independently following Uber's takeover with co-founder Will Davies as the chief executive until November 2022 when it was rebranded as Uber Carshare. [17]

In August 2024, Uber announced that Uber Carshare would cease operations in the following month citing rising costs and 'operational challenges'. [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ Fitzsimmons, Caitlin (22 October 2017). "Car ownership the norm, despite the rise in car sharing". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  3. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald. ″Drive thy neighbour's car ... or just rent it″. Archived 10 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Nicole Hasham, October 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ Daily Telegraph. "Dollars drive car share scheme to be launched in Bondi and Paddington″. Shae McDonald, Sydney, August 8, 2012.
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  7. ↑ "Neighbour to Neighbour Car Sharing Hits the Gold Coast | Car Next Door". Car Next Door. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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  11. ↑ "2021 Annual Report" (PDF). Australian Securities Exchange. Ampol. 21 February 2022. p. 95,128. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  12. ↑ Hill, Joshua S. (19 September 2019). "Hyundai invests into Car Next Door car-share platform, with eye on electric". The Driven. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  13. 1 2 "Uber Careshare to fold globally within a month". 22 August 2024.
  14. ↑ Ross, David (20 January 2022). "Uber buys Australian car-sharing tech start up Car Next Door". The Australian. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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  17. ↑ Tabassum, Mashuka (18 October 2022). "Uber ventures into carsharing by taking over Aussie enterprise". News.com.au. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
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