Lyft's newest service: Driving yourself

Lyft has been quietly offering a car-rental service in three California cities.

When you book a vehicle in San Francisco, Oakland, or Los Angeles, the company will also offer customers $40 of ride credit to get to and from the pickup location.

The company said it's another way to help stave people off of individual car ownership.

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Lyft is trialling a car-rental service in California, the company confirmed to Business Insider this week.

The service, which works much like a traditional car-rental, is available in San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles. It also comes with a $40 credit to ride to and from the pickup location.

Rates are fairly similar to those of some legacy car-rental companies like Enterprise and Avis among others ($40 to $80 per day, depending on the type of vehicle). A Volkswagen Passat, for example, was offered at $75 per day when Business Insider reporters tried out the service on Friday. Other options are the Volkswagen Atlas, Mazda 3, and the Mazda CX-5.

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The minimum age for Lyft's car-rental service is 22-years-old, the company says, and there doesn't appear to be an extra fee for drivers under 25, as with most car-rental companies.

The test is an extension of other transportation forms Lyft has recently expanded into, like bikes and scooters, a representative said. The company has long said it wants to see a world where no one owns personal vehicles and they are instead shared. This seems to be another move in that direction.

Lyft has long offered drivers on its platform the option to rent cars through a program called Express Drive. That's made possible through a partnership with Avis Budget Group, FlexDrive, and Hertz.

Lyft一直在加利福尼亚州的三个城市悄悄提供汽车租赁服务。 当您在旧金山，奥克兰或洛杉矶预订车辆时，该公司还将为客户提供40美元的乘车信用，以便往返于接送地点。该公司表示，这是帮助人们摆脱个人汽车保有权的另一种方式。 访问Business Insider的主页以获取更多故事。 Lyft正在加利福尼亚州试行汽车租赁服务，该公司本周向Business Insider证实。这项服务与传统的汽车租赁非常相似，可在旧金山，奥克兰和洛杉矶使用。它还提供40美元的信贷，可以往返于接送地点。价格与一些传统的汽车租赁公司（如Enterprise和Avis等）相当（每天40至80美元，具体取决于类型）车辆）。例如，当Business Insider的记者周五试用这项服务时，大众帕萨特的报价为每天75美元。其他选择包括大众汽车阿特拉斯，马自达3和马自达CX-5。参见：此处申请参加9月22日在旧金山举办的IGNITION：交通运输，这是一项关注交通运输未来的活动。该公司表示，Lyft汽车租赁服务的最低年龄为22岁，与大多数汽车租赁公司一样，25岁以下的驾驶员似乎没有额外费用。该测试是Lyft最近扩展的其他交通方式的延伸，如自行车和踏板车，一位代表说。该公司长期以来一直表示希望看到一个没有人拥有私人车辆的世界，而是分享它们。这似乎是朝着这个方向迈出的又一步。 Lyft长期以来一直在其平台上为司机提供通过名为Express Drive的程序租车的选择。通过与Avis Budget Group，FlexDrive和Hertz的合作，这成为可能。