{"id":35085,"date":"2017-07-17T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T06:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=35085"},"modified":"2017-07-17T06:00:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T06:00:02","slug":"gm-teams-up-with-uber-to-expand-maven-program-to-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/gm-teams-up-with-uber-to-expand-maven-program-to-australia.html","title":{"rendered":"GM teams up with Uber to expand Maven program to Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">GM teams up with Uber to expand Maven program to Australia<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">General Motors Co (GM.N) said on Saturday it was testing its car-sharing operation, Maven, in Australia through a pilot program with ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL].<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The leasing agreement will allow Uber drivers to rent cars produced by GM&#8217;s Australian manufacturer GM Holden, the company said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;We are testing the adoption of one Maven product \u2013 Maven Gig \u2013 in Australia through a pilot program in Sydney renting Holden cars to Uber drivers,&#8221; Sean Poppitt, communications director at GM Holden, said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">GM&#8217;s Maven Gig program is aimed at helping drivers rent a car on demand for independent gigs such as package delivery, food or grocery delivery, and ridesharing, at a time when more people are expected to take up freelance work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It is currently operational in San Diego and set to be launched in San Francisco and Los Angeles later this year, GM said in May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">GM announced a similar North American partnership with Uber in November last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">A spokesman for Uber was not immediately available for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">source;-http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-gm-uber-idUSKBN1A006L<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/gm-teams-up-with-uber-to-expand-maven-program-to-australia.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GM teams up with Uber to expand Maven program to Australia General Motors Co (GM.N) said on Saturday it was testing its car-sharing operation, Maven, in Australia through a pilot program with ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL]. 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