Peer-To-Peer Car-Sharing Startup Wheelz Launches In San Francisco To Take On RelayRides And Getaround

“Peer-to-peer car-sharing is growing in popularity and consumer adoption, as renters are now looking beyond traditional rental firms like Enterprise and Avis, and even beyond local short-term rentals from companies like Zipcar. ”

No longer just for kids: Wheelz competes for SF car-sharing territory

“If you live in San Francisco and don’t want to deal with the hills, you have no excuse for walking anywhere. You could take public transportation with BART or MUNI, hail a cab on the street or with apps like Cabulous, don a helmet and hit up a bike lane...”

Wheelz takes keys out of car sharing

“Airbnb has found success by letting people rent their homes or apartments to travelers they may have never met. Now another San Francisco startup called Wheelz is betting that car owners will want to make money with their vehicles in the same way.”

Wheel-time sharing

“PEER-TO-PEER car-sharing services are expanding around the United States. The most focused of these, Wheelz, aims to bring such temporary, paid vehicle loans to college students, a niche audience in which supply is tight, demand high and social opprobrium may deter sloppy driving.”

Let A Stranger Drive Your Car? More Owners Say 'Yes'

“It would be difficult for some people to let a stranger drive off with one of their most valuable possessions. But not for Stanford graduate student Katie Hagey.”

From Unlikely Source, Car-Sharing Start-Up Gets $13.7 Million Vote of Confidence

“Zipcar, the international car-sharing service, has led a $13.7 million investment in Wheelz, a start-up company that has helped students at Stanford University rent their personal vehicles to other students on campus since September.”

Strategic Sharing: Zipcar Leads $13.7M Investment In Campus Car-Sharing Startup Wheelz

“Wheelz aims to bring P2P car-sharing to campuses with a platform that enables students to connect safely and swiftly through Facebook integration, mobile apps, and its proprietary in-car hardware system called DriveBox.”

Zipcar Wants to Make Your Car Part of its Fleet

“Zipcar’s 673,000 subscribers currently share its fleet of 8,900 vehicles. But what if they could also rent yours? The company announced on Wednesday that it’s taking a first step toward finding out.”

Zipcar Leads Funding for Wheelz — a P2P Version of Itself

“Zipcar CEO Scott Griffith said P2P is likely to “expand the total addressable market for car sharing,” and that investors could expect Zipcar to explore offering its own “mobility services” in a similar vein.”

Zipcar backs peer-to-peer car sharing startup Wheelz

“...Wheelz is promoting the use of other people’s cars. Wheelz also is targeting a narrower audience to start: college towns and connecting students who have cars with those who don’t but need them.”

Zipcar Hops On Peer-to-Peer Sharing

“Wheelz lets students with parked cars on campus seamlessly rent out their vehicles when they don't need them.”

Zipcar invests in Wheelz peer-to-peer carsharing network

“Could peer-to-peer car sharing be coming of age? The nascent business model got a huge shot in the arm today, in the form of $13.7 million of funding for Wheelz, a car sharing program based on college campuses.”

Wheelz: Automotive Veterans Launch P2P Campus Car Sharing Platform Backed By Former Facebook VP

“... the startup is bringing campuses a technology and service platform that allows students and other campus dwellers to connect safely and easily.”

Wheelz launches car sharing for college campuses

“The Wheelz service is restricted to contained campus communities. With it, you rent from buddies, dorm-mates, people you know. There are no anonymous transactions.”

Peer-To-Peer Car Rental Startup Wheelz Just Launched At Stanford

“Wheelz integrates Facebook to make sharing cars a social experience.”

Wheelz Up: Another P2P Car-Sharing Service Launches

“That car-specific leadership experience — which CEO Jeff Miller said expresses itself in excruciating attention to detail and reliability — is actually somewhat unusual among next-generation transportation companies, which are often more philosophically driven.”

Wheelz revs up car-sharing at Stanford

“Wheelz certainly faces competition but has some unique features not available at other car-sharing sites.”

Wheelz: Car sharing for campuses

“Think of the strategy as similar to the way that Facebook was able to create trusted social networks at colleges before it spread elsewhere.”