Low mileage, several careful renters … will car-sharing ever really get going?

Services are finding it tough to turn profits, but user numbers are still rising in a shift away from the ‘ownership economy’Spotify did it for music. Netflix did it for films. For people in big cities, the app economy promised to do the same for cars: making a life without ownership of a couple of tonnes of metal possible.Businesses such as Zipcar, Enterprise Car Club and Share Now offer app-based car rental by the hour, while the likes of Hiyacar, Turo and Getaround have opened up