WhipCar press

The Daily Telegraph

The Telegraph Transport Editor discusses how WhipCar Owners are renting out their vehicles through WhipCar to meet rising motoring costs.

With the chancellor looking to levy another 6p/litre tax on fuel, more Owners are turning to WhipCar to meet the escalating costs of car ownership.

The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership

WhipCar won the Low Carbon Road Transport Initiative of the Year award for the most successful programme or campaign designed to reduce road transport carbon emissions.

The award ceremony was held at the prestigious Institute of Mechanical Engineers near St James’s Park, London.

The Sunday Times

Huge double page spread in the ‘In-Gear’ section of the Sunday Times called “Put Your Costly Car to Work: Rent It Out”.

We held a variety of interviews with a selection of our users to discuss escalating motoring costs.

The Sunday Mirror

The Sunday Mirror wrote an article entitled “Rent your stuff” and interviewed one of our most successful Owners about his experiences on WhipCar.

The New York Times

WhipCar featured in an article about ‘Good-Looking and Responsible Design’.

The Daily Telegraph

The Telegraph interviewed a handful of our users and published an informative piece about our service.

The article discusses the types of cars available, how WhipCar works and reasons why Owners and Drivers sign up to our service.

The Daily Mirror

The Mirror published an article to help people earn extra cash in a period of high inflation. WhipCar was one of the top 10 money-making methods.

Metro

WhipCar appeared in the London Metro just over a year after our launch. The article speaks about the increasing costs of car Ownership and WhipCar's increasing success as the first peer-to-peer car rental service in the UK.

The Gadget Show

Channel Five’s The Gadget Show approached us to feature on their weekly show. They had a hi-tech verses low-tech race across London and WhipCar was shown as innovative way to get around. Suzy Perry, one of the main presenters, rented a vehicle from a WhipCar Owner for the show.

The Economist Big Rethink

The WhipCar team invited to speak at The Economist's annual Big ReThink conference.

WhipCar identified as one of the UK's drivers of fresh thinking, and asked to present at an event dedicated to imaginative leadership and global trends like changing consumer behaviour.

GQ

WhipCar featured in an article entitled “Web of Trust” which discusses how peer-to-peer sites are changing consumer culture.

The Sunday Times

Beg, swap, borrow: the smart way to live.

Collaborative Consumption - 'What's Mine is Yours'

Collaborative Consumption describes the rapid explosion in swapping, sharing, bartering, trading and renting being reinvented through the latest technologies and peer-to-peer marketplaces.

'What's Mine is Yours' covers the WhipCar story and is released in the UK in February 2011.

Shell Springboard

WhipCar has been shortlisted for a Shell Springboard Award - wish us luck.

Shell springboard identifies and supports innovative, low carbon business ideas from across the UK.

JWT

100 Things to watch in 2011 - WhipCar identified as one of one hundred breaking trends in 2011 in JWT's annual 'Things to Watch' report...

Startups

WhipCar: Vinay Gupta and Tom Wright...

TechCrunch Awards

Best Cleantech/Environmental Tech Startup 2010...

The Mesh

The Future is sharing...

Cosmopolitan

Make cash from your car...

NESTA

The future of car rental...

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Director Magazine

Either a borrower or a lender be...

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The Guardian

Turn motors from being a drain on finances to a money-making prospect...

Daily Candy

Wheels of fortune...

Sunday Mirror

First 'neighbour-to-neighbour' car rental...

The Sun

Your car...

Management Today

My Week: Tom Wright of WhipCar...

Fast Company

Amazing new business...

Nikkei Business

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Auto Express

Love thy neighbour's car!

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Woman's Own

Wired Magazine

The Trust Economy...

Money Saving Expert

Boost Your Income...

BBC Radio 4

Rent your car to your neighbour – or hire their car...

BBC Working Lunch

Make money whenever you are not using your car...

The Independent

Would you loan your neighbour the keys to your car...

Financial Times

WhipCar uses web to drive innovative rental scheme...

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Evening Standard

New car rental scheme unveiled...

The Telegraph

A novel new version of the car club...

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Which

A convenient and affordable way to rent a car...

The Economist

Pooling assets, it seems, is all the rage...

The Sunday Times

I'm the girl next door, fancy renting my car?

The Times

Ever glanced at the car in your neighbour’s driveway and wished you could take it for a spin...