Is making London diesel-free the way to solve looming pollution crisis?

Research published by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says that London’s air pollution crisis should be solved by ridding the capital of all diesel vehicles. The research… read more

Introducing Liftshare social directories

This week sees a new feature added to Liftshare communities and schemes – social directories. Where overarching Liftshare schemes exist with smaller groups underneath, the directories show these groups… read more

Would you let your insurer calculate your premiums based on your social media?

Welsh-based insurer Admiral has announced that it will analyse the personalities of first-time drivers by checking their Facebook profiles before offering them policies. The scheme will be optional, but… read more

Uber drivers in the UK can no longer be classed as ‘self-employed’ 🚖

A historical employment tribunal has ruled in favour of Uber drivers in the UK – confirming that they are not self-employed, and so should receive the national living wage… read more

Liftshare Week gears up sharing at Jaguar Land Rover Halewood

Jaguar Land Rover staff at the company’s Halewood site took Liftshare Week 2016 as an opportunity to galvanise their sharing culture – and signed up almost 350 new members to their… read more

Surge in whiplash claims pushes car insurance prices up by 16%

The AA has reported that motorists face paying nearly £82 more for car insurance than a year ago, with prices predicted to continue heading upward in the near future.… read more

A/B testing: lessons learned from the Liftshare Tech Team

This year our Tech Team have increased the number of experiments that they run on Liftshare.com, implementing dozens of them, often as multi-variant A/B tests. On this blog I share on… read more

Just Drive… gonna be OK! Gaga joins Corden’s Carpool Karaoke 🎤

The long-awaited Lady Gaga Carpool Karaoke has finally been revealed, with the meat-dress-wearing Poker Face star joining James Corden for his drive to work at CBS’ Late Late Show.… read more

🎃 The 13 best Halloween events to liftshare to this spooky season

All Hallows Eve is almost upon us, and the country is getting more in the spooky spirit than ever – just look at Liftshare’s Halloween make-over! 2016 has a… read more

Government’s sustainable travel initiatives blocked by Treasury

It is been revealed in a high court hearing that the Treasury blocked other UK government departments from charging diesel cars to enter polluted towns and cities. Non-governmental organisation ClientEarth… read more

Is this the end of the road for Apple’s self-driving cars? 🍏

Apple’s Project Titan, which was launched two years ago to release an entirely autonomous car around 2020, has been scaled back substantially – and will now just focus on… read more

Petrol prices jumped by the biggest margin in five years last week

The last seven days has seen the average price of petrol jump 1.22% to 113.72p a litre, and diesel 1.39% to 116p a litre – the biggest weekly increase… read more

Do you waste 12 days of your life every year sitting in traffic?!

Transport intelligence company Inrix has revealed a sometimes unconsidered cost of congestion on Britain’s roads – the time spent sitting in traffic, when of course, we all have better things… read more

How to get tickets for Glastonbury 2017

It’s not even the end of the year, and we’ve only just hopped out of our liftshare home from the 2016 festival circuit, but alas, tickets have ALREADY sold… read more

Petrol prices to rocket 5p following pound crash

Following our blog last week on petrol prices predicted to reach a 2016 high, the ‘flash crash’ in the pound combined with rising Brent crude oil prices has now… read more

Car sharing lifts off at Heathrow Airport!

Heathrow Airport is now one of Liftshare’s largest corporate car sharing schemes, with over 2,250 colleagues sharing their journeys on a daily basis. Heathrow currently employs 76,000 staff,
who work across… read more

UK’s first solar-powered bus fleet to launch in Brighton

Big Lemon, the Community Interest Company who run buses in Brighton on waste cooking oil from local restaurants, has announced its next step – launching a fleet of solar-powered… read more

Reasonably-priced Carpool Karaoke? Ex-Top Gear presenters and James Corden join forces!

Post-BBC Top Gear drama but pre-Amazon’s The Grand Tour launch, The Late Late Show with James Corden has teamed up with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May for… read more