Gary Bailey
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Game Giveaway of the Day. FreeMMOGamer. FreeBrowserGamer. RPG. Games. Browser Games. Armor Games. Career Advice. Working Out / Running. The Next-Gen Car Sharing Players: Spride, WhipCar, RelayRides. With Zipcar busy gobbling up car sharing competitors, a new generation of startups offering a peer-to-peer or distributed model of car sharing is taking shape. WhipCar, over in the UK, and RelayRides and Spride Share (the most recent entry, with some big name backers) here in the U.S., aim to put together a service letting users rent out their personal vehicles to members. The three companies have the same basic concept in mind, with different ideas about how to get there. It remains to be seen which, if any, of these very early stage companies will find a significant user base and successfully navigate the maze of insurance coverage for personal vehicles offered up for rental.
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