Research

Bla Bla Car

https://www.blablacar.co.uk/
“Connecting people who need to travel with drivers who have empty seats.”
Share city-to-city car journeys
Availability: 200+ cities/areas in 53 countries①
Authentication: Bla Bla Car, Facebook
On facebook, 2838967 likes, 1255 talking about this

Carma Carpooling

https://carmacarpool.com/
“Get there together.”
Availability: more than 10 U.S. cities/areas such as Potomac Yard, King County, Santa Barbara, Sonoma County, Contra Costa County, and Marin County and California②
On facebook, 14280 likes, 171 talking about this

Conclusion of Our Solution

Currently users of our app are employees and clients of ATOS who share rides to or from ATOS offices. So our market size is 93,000 employees in 72 countries (in 2014)③. Also, method of authentication should include Facebook which makes it really easy for most people.

Reference

①http://www.computerworld.com/article/2863379/need-a-ride-3-ridesharing-and-2-taxi-apps-considered.html
②https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carma
③http://uk. atos.net/en-uk/home/we-are.html