In the wake of two tragic New Year’s Day incidents, Turo is taking decisive action to enhance safety measures on its car-sharing platform.

Two deadly incidents on New Year’s Day — an attack being investigated as an act of terrorism in New Orleans and an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas — both involved vehicles that were rented on Turo, a peer-to-peer car sharing company.

On New Year’s Day, a pickup truck drove through a crowd in the French Quarter, killing 10 people. KPRC 2 Investigates uncovered that the truck was listed on Turo and had ties to a Pasadena dealership.

Houston man accused of orchestrating a social media scheme to steal over $1 million worth of vehicles, including Jeeps.

Instead of just letting the car sit in the driveway, some are using their vehicles to earn extra income. Since the pandemic started, George Johnson has met a steady stream of people who want to rent his vehicles. Johnson made enough money that he purchased his Mercedes just to rent it out as an income stream. Turo hosts your listing and lets you deal with delivering the car to renters, but peer-to-peer car rental company Avail does all of the work for you. You can expect to make about $25 a day and if Avail doesn’t rent your car while you’re gone, you get free airport parking and a free car wash.