What is Turo? The app that two pickups used in New Years’ attacks were rented from | CNN Business

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This week’s deadly incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas have thrust Turo, a car rental platform, into the spotlight, after the cars used in both attacks were rented through its marketplace.

Turo calls itself a “peer-to-peer car sharing service,” meaning users can rent cars through the app directly from their owners, as opposed to traditional rental companies like Hertz and Avis, which own the rental fleets themselves directly.

Think Airbnb, but for cars. And although it’s been around for years — it launched in several US markets in 2010 and

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