GM's car sharing brand Maven expands to Boston, Chicago, D.C.

Having driven over a million miles in fewer than four months, General Motors' car sharing brandMaven is expanding to Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C.

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GM announced Thursday morning that it will be expanding Maven into three major U.S. cities, having already driven a million miles in its two test markets New York City and Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Maven is more than car sharing, starting at $8 per hour — including insurance and fuel. In Chicago, for example, Maven includes $99/week Chevy Equinox rentals, which allows Chicagoans who don't own a car to drive for GM partner Lyft.

IMAGE: BRIAN KERSEY FOR MAVEN

Specifically at the Aqua luxury high-rise in the city’s Lakeshore East neighborhood, residents can also utilize Maven for on-demand car sharing from their building.

While it's currently very limited, even with the newly added cities, over the coming years, Maven has the potential to wholly alter — if not end — car ownership as we know it. I mean, why own a car in one of these cities if you can car share or Lyft so inexpensively?