This photograph taken on February 20, 2026 shows BlaBlaCar Chief Product Officer Benjamin Retourne posing for a picture at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi. The world's largest carpooling platform BlaBlaCar said soaring energy costs have pushed 600,000 additional drivers onto the app this year -- 20 percent more than initially projected -- as commuters look to offset the rising cost of fuel. In India, its single biggest market with more than 20 million users in 2025, the number of passengers has increased by 40 percent since the start of the US-Israeli airstrikes against Iran on February 28. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP via Getty Images)