Audi USA tests shared fleet service in North Carolina
Audi is publicly testing a corporate car-sharing service in North Carolina, with a view to launching the service nationally next year, as part of the wider Volkswagen Group’s plan to become a mobility provider. The service is being tested by American Underground, a technology incubator group of over 200 companies and 700 workers, and will start with three fully accessorised, Audi A4s that American Underground members can unlock and use via a smartphone app. The firm launched Audi on Demand last year, a smartphone-based rental service in San Francisco, and Audi at Home, a rental service that placed Audi vehicles available for rent at high-end apartment blocks as resident perks.

WASHINGTON -- Audi of America is expanding its mobility services with a national corporate car-sharing fleet service it plans to roll out next year, the company said today.

Called Audi Shared Fleet, the service is being piloted now with three Audi A4 sedans shared by tenants of American Underground, a technology incubator in Durham, N.C., Audi said. Users are able to book a vehicle and unlock it using a smartphone app.

An Audi spokesman wasn’t immediately able to provide details on the nationwide launch, such as the markets Audi plans to cover or the number of vehicles involved.