"This wide open office space, for the peer-to-peer car sharing service GetAround, is located in Howard Centre, the warehouse district of San Francisco."

"Car-sharing service Getaround now has more than 10,000 cars in its fleet and is rolling out in city after city."

"At the Getaround site, you can look for cars near your current location - from commuter cars to convertibles."

"You can make money on your car! Also, it's super easy."

"Many insurance companies and financial institutions have an appetite for change and innovation..."

"I've been able to find cars at half off the price of major rental companies, and Getaround handles the details."

"It's part of the sharing economy, which puts value on accessing a car, rather than owning it. If it takes off, it could take millions of cars off the road."

"One of the things I love about Getaround is the ability for me to go rent an electric vehicle because a hybrid, I'm still putting gas into it, I like to get to a point of no gas at all."

"Getaround said it helped people with as many as 100 car rentals after launching just last week."

"A San Francisco-based company brings a service to Austin to help alleviate some of the congestion on roadways."

"The fact that this process will help my local and federal government better understand a novel transportation model makes me even happier."

"Getaround, a car rental community that only launched in May 2011 and subsequently won TC Disrupt NY, is ready to get you where you need to be in time for SXSW."

"Securing insurance for a start-up company can be tough even without Getaround's unique peer-to-peer car sharing exposure."

"California-based car-sharing company Getaround Inc. is planning to announce its launch in Austin this week."

"We work to ensure that our members have a great experience every time. That means getting all the details right while growing the member base and expanding to new geographies."

"If the Washington bill passes, Getaround or other peer-to-peer car-sharing companies will likely begin operations in Seattle and statewide by early 2013."

"Peer to peer car sharing arrived in Portland a few months ago, and local car owners have been experimenting with renting out their vehicles to neighbors and fellow citizens."

"Jessica Scorpio thought if she could get enough people to share their cars with neighbors, she could reach one billion people around the world."

"If you own a car, on average it's sitting idle for about 22 hours a day. A new service called Getaround provides a way to rent it out."

"Getaround CEO Sam Zaid said the company's mission is to reduce car overpopulation by providing a way for cars to be used during the average 22 hours every car sits idle every day."

"Getaround ... not only impacts the environment, but also connects people, strengthens communities and gives folks more financial freedom."

"Getaround makes it easy to start: participants use their Facebook log-ins, and owners can control who rents their cars."

""With these technologies, you have the means and motivation to make the switch," said Neal Gorenflo of Mountain View, who rents a car about twice monthly through Getaround and publishes the online magazine Shareable."

"But I'm finding that the biggest benefit is that just getting to know my neighbors makes me happy. The general happiness level tends to go up with sharing."

"If Getaround could get 1 million "shared" cars on the road, it would neutralize 10 million privately-owned vehicles and potentially get 48 billion pounds of carbon dioxide pollution out of the air."

"It changes the economics of the carsharing company."

"A sharing program coming to Portland will give car owners a chance to make a little money off their idle vehicles."

"I expect this do-it-yourself approach to car sharing will catch on dramatically and become viral."

"GetAround is like Airbnb for cars."

"Changing the way consumers rent cars."

"More than 5,000 people have signed up; the average yearly revenue across active cars is projected at approximately $4,000."

"Getaround.com was the only service we tested where full insurance coverage through Berkshire Hathaway and roadside assistance were included in the price of a rental."

"The genius of Getaround (and others like it) is that its business is inversely related to the economy."

"If you thought renting out a room in a house via Airbnb was cool, try renting our someone's car."

"It gives renters a secure set of mobile car keys; no physical set is needed to rent and start the vehicle."

"Following the consumer trend of renting vs. owning, Getaround connects car owners who want to rent out a vehicle for extra cash."

"Studies estimate that every car in the car-sharing program eliminates about 10-15 cars."

"It's very similar to Web sites RelayRides and the soon-to-launch JustShareIt, but what differentiates Getaround is that it's a mobile app."

"After someone's used your car, you can rate them, thereby ensuring that anyone's who's concerned about their reputation will take care of your vehicle."

"Today, the company's founder said that currently the startup has signed up 1,600 cars for sharing since its launch yesterday."

"'This was a holy shit moment,' said investor Chris Sacca, who has invested in car service company Uber. 'This blew my mind.'"

"Getaround has launched services to facilitate distributed car sharing."

"It's by the hour. It's conveniently located. It lets you get cars nearby rather than going to a car rental company."

"Car-owners make their cars available for strangers to borrow, and get some cash in exchange."

"Getaround now has cars available in every neighborhood in San Francisco."

"The new law will also remove the biggest barrier to the growth of next generation car-sharing services in California."

"We love the idea, and we're curious to see how Getaround will do as it gets rolling."

"Today, we've come across a nifty startup called GetAround that has taken AirBnB's model and applied it to car rentals."

"'Since the transportation industry hasn't really changed much in the past 50 years,' says Scorpio, 'we thought it was pretty ripe for some innovation.'"

"It's no longer a possession but rather a mode of transportation that belongs to the collective."