1635

Hackney Carriage act

legalised horse drawn

carriages for hire

OEMs, Car Rental and Taxi and P2P Car

providers come together to deliver a seamless

travel experience.

Can decades of non-cooperation be overcome

or will data savvy intermediaries take the prize?

1886

Karl Benz granted patent for

the Motorwagen

1635

Hackney Carriage act

legalised horse drawn

carriages for hire

1636

First Taxi Rank

opened in The

Strand..

Early 1800s

Hansom Cab

introduced

1823

First Hackney

Cabriolets

introduced

1886

Karl Benz granted patent for

the Motorwagen

1891

Invention of the

taximeter1897

First meter equipped

taxicab built by…

1904

A Bicycle shop in Minneapolis

advertised cars to rent… and

car rental was born

1912

Sixt was born in Germany

1923

Hertz buys Jacobs 'rent-a-car'

company' and renames it 'Hertz

Drive Ur Self Corporation'

1912

Sixt was born in Germany

1914

John D Hertz sets up…

1916

Joe Saunders setup his car

rental company in Omaha

Nebraska1918

Walter L Jacobs setup 'rent-a-

car' in Chicago

the Yellow Cab Company & the

Yellow Cab Manufacturing

Company

1947

National car rental is

born

1923

Hertz buys Jacobs 'rent-a-car'

company' and renames it 'Hertz

Drive Ur Self Corporation'

1925

John Hertz sells the Yellow cab

manufacturing company to…

General Motors

1925

John Hertz then sells Hertz

Drive Ur Self coropration to

General Motors

1989

General Motors buys a stake in …. Avis

Chrysler buys a stake in… Thrifty

1947

National car rental is

born

1949

Europcar is born

1955

Joe Saunders sells his

company to Avis1956

John Hertz reacquires Hertz

Drive UR Self Corporation

and appoints Jacobs as it's

first president

1957

Enterprise is born1958

Thrify & Budget are

born

1989

General Motors buys a stake in …. Avis

Chrysler buys a stake in… Thrifty

1994

Ford buys Hertz1997

Hertz Floats1999

Volkswagen buys…

Europcar2001

Ford buys Hertz

(again)