I-Getaround, imakethe yedijithali yokwabelana kontanga kuya kontanga, kanye ne-KAYAK, injini yokusesha yezokuvakasha kanye ne-metasearch yokuqala nokuwukuphela kwayo yokunikeza izinketho zokwabelana ngemoto kontanga kuya kontanga e-US, kumemezele namuhla ubambiswano olusha oluhlanganisa imakethe ehamba phambili ye-Getaround. lapho kudingeka khona, iminikelo yokwabelana ngemoto ngaphandle kokuthinta ngezinkundla namasevisi e-KAYAK.

Ukuhlanganiswa kuvumela abahambi abafuna izimoto noma amaloli ku-KAYAK ukuze bajabulele ukunikezwa kokwabelana ngezimoto ngokubhukha izimoto isikhathi esingangehora nge-Getaround. Lesi simemezelo siza njengoba iminyaka yesidingo sokuhamba kancane idale isidingo esinamandla sokuqashwa kwezimoto namaloli emadolobheni kulo lonke elase-U.S. Manje, izigidi zabahambi zingathola izindlela ezithengekayo nezivumelana nezimo zokuthuthukisa uhambo lwazo kulesi sikhathi samaholide nangale kwalokho, ngokugwema ikhawunta yokuqasha imoto ngisho nokugwema ukunikezwa kokhiye mathupha ngenxa yesipiliyoni somsebenzisi esingathinteki se-Getaround.

Eqinisweni, i-Getaround inguzakwethu wokuqala wokwabelana ngezimoto we-KAYAK ukunikeza ukuguquguquka okukhulu kokubhukha ngemodeli yayo yokubhuka yangehora kanye nolwazi olugcwele ngaphandle kokuthintwa, ngenxa yobuchwepheshe be-Getaround Connect® bokuphathelene. Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Getaround-KAYAK manje sekuyatholakala kubahambi abavakashela e-Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York City, Phoenix, San Francisco Bay Area, Tampa, Washington D.C., nezinye eziningi.

"I-Getaround ijabule kakhulu ngokungenela lesi sivumelwano esisha sokumaketha ne-KAYAK ukuze ilethe uguquko, idijithali, kanye nolwazi olulula lokwabelana ngezimoto kubahambi be-KAYAK," kusho uSy Fahimi, Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sezokusebenza, i-Getaround. “Manje kunanini ngaphambili, abahambi bafuna ukonga imali futhi bafuna ukunethezeka. Nge-Getaround, ungakwazi ukubhuka ngokushesha izimoto noma amaloli isikhathi esingangehora, okuyinto elungele uhambo losuku olufushane phakathi nohambo olude. Ngaphandle kwalokho, sinikeza ukubhukha ngosuku noma isonto, okwenza i-Getaround ihlangabezane nezidingo zabo bonke abahambi be-KAYAK.”

Izimoto eziphethwe ngasese zivame ukupakwa u-95% wesikhathi futhi zihamba amahora angu-6 kuphela ngesonto. Emahoreni angu-162 asele esonto, izimoto eziningi zihlala zimile futhi zingenzi lutho. Ukwabelana ngezimoto kontanga kusho izimoto ezimbalwa emgwaqeni: ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi, ngokwesilinganiso, imoto eyodwa ehambisa izimoto ithatha indawo yezimoto eziyi-9 kuya kweziyi-13. Ngenxa yokwabelana ngezimoto, abasebenzisi bathengisa izimoto zabo noma bahlehlisa ukuthengwa kwayo.

Ngokuholela ekugudlukeni emcabangweni wendabuko wobunikazi bezimoto, umgomo we-Getaround uwukudala umhlaba lapho izimoto ezimbalwa zisemgwaqweni, ukuhamba kwezimoto nokungcola kuncipha, futhi kuncishiswe nezisi ezibamba ukushisa. Ukuhlanganiswa ne-KAYAK kusheshisa lezi zinguquko ezinhle kubahambi kanye nemiphakathi yendawo ngokufanayo.

"Senza imiphumela yosesho yemoto neloli ye-KAYAK iphelele nakakhulu ngokungezwa kwe-Getaround," kusho u-Paul Jacobs, GM & VP, KAYAK North America. "Siyaqhubeka nokubona isidingo esinamandla sokuqashiswa kwezimoto kanye nokwabelana ngezimoto kontanga kuyindlela enhle kubahambi."

Abahambi abahlela uhambo lwabo nge-KAYAK manje sebengakwazi ukubhukha imoto nge-Getaround ngokukhetha inkinobho ethi “Buka Idili”, ezobaqondisa kabusha ngokuzenzakalelayo kuwebhusayithi ye-Getaround ukuze baqedele ukubhukha kwabo izimoto. Izimoto ze-Getaround namaloli kufinyeleleka kalula, kungavulwa kusetshenziswa i-smartphone kuphela, futhi kuyatholakala ukuze ubhukhe lapho ufunwa khona 24/7 isikhathi esingangehora elilodwa. Izintengo ziqala phansi ngokufika ku-$5 ngehora emadolobheni amaningi, ngakho-ke abahambi banezinketho zezimoto eziguqukayo ezihlukahlukene eziseduze.

NgoMeyi 11, 2022, i-Getaround yamemezela ukungena kwayo esivumelwaneni esiqinisekile sokuhlanganiswa kwebhizinisi ne-InterPrivate II Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: IPVA). Lapho kuvalwa inhlanganisela yebhizinisi, okulindeleke engxenyeni yesibili ka-2022, inkampani ehlanganisiwe ehweba esidlangalaleni izoqanjwa ngokuthi i-Getaround.