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G7 is continuing its transition to green mobility. Having launched the development of a "green" fleet in 2007, the company announced in 2019 its ambition to have 50 % hybrid or electric vehicles by 2021. This target has been met, and of the 9,000 drivers affiliated to the platform, more than 4,500 have a "green" vehicle, which is very much in line with the...

"Is business travel making a comeback? This is the question posed by Uber in its survey of the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) region, unveiled on 27 September. It's a debate that has been stirring up business travel professionals week after week, and one to which the American giant intends to...

The transition to sustainable mobility is gathering pace. The oil group Total recently gave concrete form to its energy transformation, focusing on less oil and more electricity and gas, by renaming itself TotalEnergies. For its part, Uber has already unveiled ambitious targets in this area: zero diesel vehicles by 2024, 50% electric vehicles, etc.

MaaS - mobility as a service - is becoming more and more topical by the day. Recently, the RATP unveiled a new version of its app, now called Bonjour, which is based on the acquisition of Mappy at the end of 2020 for itineraries and on partnerships with urban mobility players such as Marcel VTCs or scooters...

"Getting around as simply as Bonjour" is the punchline accompanying the launch of the new identity unveiled by RATP for its mobile application. From 15 June, users will be able to discover the new face of Paris transport on their smartphones. A simple update to the app will unveil this "Bonjour...

FREENOW for Business has published a practical, costed guide to kick-starting the resumption of business travel without exposing travellers to risk, and thereby fulfilling every company's duty to protect. Starting from a simple but unavoidable observation - "The world has changed, mobility must be rethought...

Uber paid particular attention to the French market at a conference held in San Francisco on 28 April to present its new global approach and vision, dubbed "Go&Get". The American giant has just unveiled the addition of new services, which will come into effect in mid-May, to accompany the...

In the United States, members of the Marriott Bonvoy programme can now earn points by ordering their meal on Uber Eats or by using the services of the world leader in VTCs. Loyal Marriott customers earn six points for every dollar spent on Uber Eats deliveries to the group's hotels in the United States. For...

What are FREENOW's new environmental commitments? Auriane Nirascou - FREENOW is one of the leaders in mobility in Europe and VTC in France, and we are present in 10 countries and 100 cities on the European market. Given our influence, it is therefore our duty to...

As in other metropolises around the world, Hong Kong taxis have a rather bad reputation. Although the fare is still relatively reasonable, users find them discourteous, with no command of English - the last straw in a city that was a British colony for 150 years - and selective. We...

Since 15 February, subscribers to G7 taxis have been able to discover a new service integrated into their application. G7 is providing its loyal customers with a digital press kiosk so that they can enjoy a selection of major national daily and weekly newspapers free of charge. The selection includes Le Figaro, Les Echos and...

Uber is starting 2021 by putting its good resolutions into practice straight away. To achieve the sustainable objectives unveiled a few months earlier - namely 50% electric vehicles by 2025 and the elimination of diesel vehicles from 2024 on the French market - new measures are coming into force. These measures are based on two principles...

Faced with a drop in the number of its customers due to the pandemic - particularly with the development of telecommuting - Uber Technologies has sold its self-driving car division to Aurora Innovation, a start-up specialising in autonomous driving. This marks a turning point for Uber, which had been advertising extensively about a future where...

For its first study of the business travel segment, Free Now for Business has pulled out all the stops: some fifty pages, covering seven key markets and drawing on the expertise of GBTA Europe. It has to be said that this is a time for analysis for all those involved in business travel, in order to understand the profound...

Since the end of October, the Free Now urban mobility platform has been integrated with Amadeus cytric Travel & Expense, the Amadeus travel and expense management tool. This means that business travellers can now connect their Free Now account to cytric, enabling one-click transmission of travel expenses, and...

Why is Kapten joining FREE NOW? Dimitri Tsygalnitzky - At the end of September 2020, Kapten, one of Europe's leading VTC companies, joined FREE NOW, Europe's number 1 multimodal application, born of the merger between Daimler and BMW in March 2019 with the ambition of shaping tomorrow's mobility: multimodal, connected and responsible. Today the...

Uber is continuing to diversify: after announcing the launch of Uber Rent in the car rental market at the end of July, the multimodal platform has now entered the motorbike taxi sector. The Uber Moto service is expected to be particularly targeted at business travellers with busy schedules and who travel a lot...

How did a company like Uber deal with this unprecedented crisis? Christophe Peymirat - Our reaction was strong and immediate. During the crisis, we took a courageous stance by asking Uber customers not to use our services in order to flatten the contagion curve by limiting travel. We also used the...

Marcel is extending its footprint in green mobility by launching a range of electric scooters with drivers. The VTC operator, founded in 2014, has teamed up with Felix Citybird, which operates motorbike taxis in Paris and its inner suburbs, to develop this e-scooter offering integrated into its app. In practice, the range comprises...

Will the health crisis drive business travellers away from VTCs, or on the contrary encourage this form of urban mobility? A study published on 15 June by Kapten - the VTC platform formerly known as Chauffeur Privé and about to be renamed Free Now - opts for the more favourable option. According to the survey...