Dr. Matthias Flügge
Fraunhofer-Institute for Open Communication Systems
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31
10589 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)30 3463-7135
Fax: +49 (0)30 3463-8000
matthias [dot] fluegge [at] fokus [dot] fraunhofer [dot] de
Anna Kress
Fraunhofer FOKUS
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31
10589 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 (30) 34 63 71 44
OpenRide (www.open-ride.com) is a solution for the ad-hoc brokerage of shared car rides being developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems. With OpenRide, car drivers and passengers can spontaneously share and look for rides through their mobile phones.
The openness of OpenRide allows the easy connection of existing agencies and communities for arranged lifts. Therefore OpenRide opens up the underutilized capacities in the individual transports sector and helps to develop the market for mobile ad-hoc car sharing.
OpenRide is funded by the EXIST support programme of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) of the Federal Republic of Germany aimed at improving the entrepreneurial environment at universities and research institutes and at increasing the number of technology and knowledge based company formations.
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Dr. Matthias Flügge
Fraunhofer-Institute for Open Communication Systems
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31
10589 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)30 3463-7135
Fax: +49 (0)30 3463-8000
matthias [dot] fluegge [at] fokus [dot] fraunhofer [dot] de
Anna Kress
Fraunhofer FOKUS
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31
10589 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 (30) 34 63 71 44