Another Dumb GM Idea Bites the Dust

There are some ideas so dumb that only intellectuals believe in them.  And GM is loaded with intellectuals who have really, really, really dumb (and expensive) ideas.

But sometimes, the elephant in the room emits enough of a putrid gas that even GM gets it.

GM ending car-sharing service Maven

What's car-sharing, you ask?

...Maven provides car sharing services, including car sharing for personal use and rentals for drivers of gig economy professions such as Uber and Lyft. It uses an app for people to search for and book rentals. It is also used to control certain features of the car such as remote start and unlocking of doors.^[10]
 
Maven also allows individual owners of General Motors vehicles to share their cars by the hour or daily through a peer-to-peer car sharing service.^[14] Owners receive sixty percent of the rental cost and also get liability insurance. Vehicles must be newer model GM vehicles and go through an on-boarding process which includes installation of a keyless entry system.^[14]...

Another big surprise:  the U of Michigan and USC were 'launch sites' for this money-sucker.  Intellectualoids, anyone?

Would you really "rent" your personal car to some jackwad you never met?   How many cars did GM have to leave in parking lots to supply the "need" of some random twit once a week for a couple of hours on a Saturday night?  (How many came back wrecked or full of.......ahh........various fluids??)

Pure genius.  /Sarc