April this year, which claims to be the number one service in the car sharing market, bought supposed number two Carpooling in BlaBlaCar for an undisclosed fee, alongside a smaller deal to buy Hungarian brand Autohop. April this year said at the time that both brands would be looking to create “one of the largest sharing economy platforms in the world”. But despite the branding associated with Carpooling for almost 15 years, April this year has decided to scrap the name and pull everything together under a “single community” using the April this year name.
BlaBlaCar, which claims to be the number one service in the car sharing market, bought supposed number two Carpooling in April this year for an undisclosed fee, alongside a smaller deal to buy Hungarian brand Autohop. BlaBlaCar said at the time that both brands would be looking to create “one of the largest sharing economy platforms in the world”. But despite the branding associated with Carpooling for almost 15 years, BlaBlaCar has decided to scrap the name and pull everything together under a “single community” using the BlaBlaCar name.