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Home-sharing site Xiaozhu wants to do more than match hosts with guests as clouds gather
Barcelona and Madrid offer to impose limits on VTC holders to appease taxi industry
Fewer people want to buy automobiles because ride-sharing services are widely available
Indonesian start-up takes on car-booking competitor Grab as Manila negotiations continue
More than 500 transport groups sign up to offer services on new mobility platform
Company has discussed multibillion-dollar deals with sector leaders Bird and Lime
Ride-sharing group’s plan for star system reminiscent of China’s social credit scores
Chinese company’s European launch suffers widespread vandalism and theft
Hub near Tianjin is latest victim of new economy’s boom-and-bust cycle
SoftBank chief’s call for embrace of services such as car-booking should be welcomed
Smaller players fold while industry leaders trim their international expansion plans
The sharing economy assumes that corporate impersonality is a bad thing — but there are psychic benefits to hotel life
Move to pay back all its Chinese users’ deposits challenges smaller rivals less able to absorb costs
Company in talks to raise $200m in funding at a $1.5bn valuation
Paris, Tokyo and Madrid to add to cities restricting short-term holiday lets
Urban authorities lay out ground rules to tame two-wheelers flooding their streets
Powered two-wheelers pull in investors as personal transport competition intensifies
Keeping start-ups upright will require a balancing act
Tie-up illustrates direction of travel for carmakers facing start-up threat
We are entering an era in which consumers will value access over ownership
A good conference always contains a good goosebump moment
Ofo and Mobike at vanguard as numbers soar, but profitability concerns persist
Textbook example of changing ownership as industry looks to deal with falling sales
Changing consumer habits lead to altered shop layouts and special deals
Carmakers are launching rental services even as peer-to-peer car lending platforms gain traction
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