![]() In some cases, the company helps its customers choose and apply for insurance. Breeze charges $20 per day, plus 25 cents per mile.īreeze asks its drivers to get their own car insurance, then reimburses them for it after the it determines if the plan is comprehensive enough. This is exactly how the taxi industry works - taxi drivers rent cars from the companies and pay a “gate fee” of about $120 per day. “We’re the first cab company for ride-sharing,” Breeze chief executive Jeffrey Pang said to VentureBeat in a phone interview. This is also important because the ride-sharing companies collect and even display to riders the license plate and car descriptions to riders, so Breeze’s drivers need to be able to use the same vehicle each time they are on the clock. After this, the driver goes on to apply to the ride-sharing companies.īreeze uses algorithms to match drivers to vehicles as well as with each other - for example, it would match two drivers that live relatively close to each other and with complementary driving schedules such as one driving on weekdays and the other preferring to drive on weekends. The company gives them a “behavioral assessment” (checking for things such as commitment to working as a driver, being responsible for the car, respecting schedules, and so on) and if accepted, Breeze matches them with one of its vehicles. ![]() How it worksĭrivers first apply to Breeze. But it says it already has 25 vehicles on the road and plans to be in 20 cities by the end of 2014. ![]() Since its creation a few months ago, the company has been laying relatively low. Essentially, Breeze is a car rental service for would-be Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar drivers, providing them with customized and relatively low-cost access to a car to use for their driving job and even personal use. Breeze, formerly known as ZephyrCar, is launching its new brand today. ![]()
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