This solution had been tested in Western France since 2011. The web service put in place its business model and began to make profits. It was also a way to attract drivers and to reach the critical mass. Between July and November, Comuto expanded to Italy, Portugal, Poland, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium. In April 2013, BlaBlaCar is launched in Germany where many other carpool sites already exist. On the 29th of April, Covoiturage.fr is re-branded BlaBlaCar.fr in order to unify all the sites under one name. At the end of the year, BlaBlaCar revealed that they have 5 million members with 1 million monthly active users spread through 10 countries. In January 2014, BlaBlaCar is introduced in Ukraine and Russia, the company strongly considered Brazil as the next step. In September, the service had 10 million users. In January 2015, BlaBlaCar expanded to India. The company buys multiple competitors: Carpooling in Germany, Autohop in eastern Europe and Rides in Mexico. The last operation allowed the company to set foot in the American continent, particularly in Mexico. At this time, the company had 290 employees on three continents and 20 million users in 19 countries. On the 18th of May, BlaBlaCar signed a partnership with Axa in order to insure its users. In October 2016, BlaBlaCar signed a contract with GoEuro, a remuneration based on the number of established connections. In April 2017, a long term rental service is offered to the best drivers. It is the result of a partnership with the constructor Opel and the company ALD Automotive, specialized in long term rental. On the 2nd of May, another application is launched : BlaBlaLines, an application for daily carpool, experimented on two lines in France. The iOS counterpart is launched on the 14th of September. On 30 January 2018, BlaBlaCar gave itself a new look with a new corporate identity and style guide. A new algorithm is also put in place in order to increase the number of trips proposed for users. As of June 2018 BlaBlaCar claimed to have "60 million members in 22 countries and over 18 million travellers every quarter". In November 2018, it was announced BlaBlaCar would purchase long distance coach operator Ouibus from SNCF. As part of the transaction, SNCF became a shareholder in BlaBlaCar.