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BlaBlaCar offers to acquire Busfor to expand global bus offer

Sep 25 / 2019

Acquisition of the leading bus player in Russia and Ukraine will significantly increase BlaBlaCar’s inventory of bus carriers, and improve the convenience of booking buses online in the region

BlaBlaCar launches BlaBlaBus in Europe

Jul 01 / 2019

BlaBlaCar has broadened its mobility offer beyond carpooling by launching in June BlaBlaBus in 5 European countries : France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. From now on, passengers can book bus seats to 300 cities.

STUDY – Carpooling saves more than 1.6 million tonnes of CO2 a year, whilst doubling the number of people traveling

Mar 27 / 2019

BlaBlaCar today announces the release of Zero Empty Seats, a global study into the environmental impact of carpooling. The report, conducted with French research institute, Le BIPE, is the first study based on real usage data from BlaBlaCar’s community of 70 million carpoolers.

BlaBlaCar makes an offer to acquire Ouibus and secures €101 million investment

Nov 12 / 2018

BlaBlaCar, the world’s leading long-distance carpooling platform, today announces that it has made an offer to acquire Ouibus, a subsidiary of SNCF and market-leading French bus operator. This will allow BlaBlaCar to broaden, for the first time, its mobility offer beyond carpooling. BlaBlaCar also announces a €101 million investment involving SNCF and existing BlaBlaCar investors.

BlaBlaCar acquires Russian carpooling platform Beepcar

Jun 07 / 2018

BlaBlaCar and Mail.Ru Group, the largest internet business in Russia by daily audience, announced a partnership. As a part of this, BlaBlaCar will acquire Beepcar, the Russian carpooling platform launched in 2017 by Mail.Ru Group.

BlaBlaCar and AXA launch unique car insurance

May 29 / 2018

Competitively-priced car insurance designed for carpoolers is now available to BlaBlaCar’s members in France Exclusive advantages include no excess to pay for damage that occurs while carpooling

BlaBlaCar acquires urban carpooling company Less

Apr 27 / 2018

BlaBlaCar today announces that it has acquired urban carpooling company Less. Created in October 2016 by Jean-Baptiste Rudelle and five other co-founders, Less is a real-time carpooling app for use within cities.

Dear Women: tech needs you! #IWD2018

Mar 08 / 2018

International women’s day is the occasion to remind ourselves that women remain dramatically under-represented in tech. Discover the experience of women working in BlaBlaCar’s tech team. We hope that their journey will inspire other women to join us.