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The terrible beast "car sharing" means just sharing a car. However, translating an English word is easier than understanding how everything works. Especially when you consider that in different countries this term implies different services.
In fact, globally car sharing is still a short-term car rental. The key difference from a taxi is that, firstly, you are the driver here, and secondly, tariffing can go by minutes, hours or days. Car sharing differs from a regular lease in greater mobility (the car can not be returned to the pick-up point) and time of use (in case of a normal lease, it is usually paid to use the car for at least 24 hours).
AUTO IN A SMARTPHONE
The system launched in Moscow works by analogy with the European ones, that is, it is indecently simple. Register on the site, sign the contract (they will bring it to you), download the application to your phone - and go ahead!
Using a mobile application (or a website, but the phone is still more convenient) you find the car closest to you and book it. This means that in the next 20 minutes the car will disappear from the radar and other interested parties simply will not be able to use it. For this time period, you need to get to the car, carefully inspect it for damage (about the detected ones - inform the operator) and open it using the same smartphone. By the way, this moment can destroy the usual patterns: the car stands with the keys in the ignition and even blinks the parking lights if you can’t find it for a long time. Cool, right?
WHY WHY
Having finished humming “What progress has come to, physical labor has disappeared”, we will talk about the harsh truth of life. At the service of those in a hurry are Volkswagen Polo sedans. In the future, perhaps, we will grow to the level of European offices, whose fleet is represented by different brands and models with various types of engines, gearboxes and other things. Now back to our realities. Free cheese, of course, will not be, but the tariffs are not prohibitive: 9.90 rubles. per minute, 594 rub. per hour, 3600 rub. per day. There are additional services, such as ordering a car to the house (estimated at 500 rubles). I clarify: these amounts include the cost of insurance and fuel. Concern for gasoline lies entirely with the company. When completing the use of a rented car, it is not necessary to refuel it to a full tank. And if the fuel runs out during the time of use, you can use the attached fuel card with a daily limit of 50 liters for free. Moreover, in the client’s personal account refueling is charged in the form of 15 minutes.
The difference between car sharing and regular rent is also in mileage. It’s far from going away with these cars - a maximum of 40 km from MKAD. It will not work too much even within the capital - after 201 km, for each additional thousand meters they will shoot 8 rubles. And you can leave the car only within the ring road. However, car sharing is designed for those who move a little and only around the city.
Perhaps the main disadvantage of this service is that in order to start a lease, your account should have 3600 rubles. But for regular customers discounts and bonuses.
Car sharing is not only an alternative to taxis, but also a way to optimize larger things. For example, traffic. Sharing reduces the number of cars that drive around the city, and this affects the environment: fewer cars - less emissions. And another important factor: the service great disciplines drivers, because you don’t want to leave the car in the wrong place, because a considerable amount will be written off from you for a fine or evacuation.
Perhaps we will someday grow to the level of Europe, where in a car-sharing fleet there are thousands of cars, and in cities there are separate parking places
Perhaps we will someday grow to the level of Europe, where in a car-sharing fleet there are thousands of cars, and in cities there are separate parking places. Perhaps we will someday grow to the level of Europe, where in a car-sharing fleet there are thousands of cars, and in cities there are separate parking places.
HOW DO THEM?
We are far from pioneers. In America and Europe, such a service has existed for a long time and enjoys considerable popularity. One of the most famous car sharing offices is Zipcar (USA). Founded in 2000, it now serves 767, 000 users in 20 cities around the world. The park has more than 10, 000 cars. Not weak, right? Billing is as follows: $ 8.50 per hour, $ 66 per day.
There is still a company RelayRides. She abandoned her own fleet and united under her wing those who want to rent a car and those who want to rent it. The company acts as a guarantor of the transaction, for which it receives a reward.
Another unexpected discovery made in the preparation of this material: in some European countries, free parking spaces are provided for car sharing cars, and in some places they are even allowed to travel on the public transport lane!
In the UK, by the way, car sharing is a little different: the necessary number of fellow travelers unfamiliar with each other is packed tightly into one car. For the phenomenon that we are describing, another term is used there: “car clubs”.
CLOUDING FUTURE
The founders of a Moscow company are gradually expanding their fleet of cars and hope for the best. While their services are used by expats and advanced managers. And provided that we still have too much desire to own a personal car (as an indicator of a certain standard of living), the service is unlikely to receive the same distribution in the near future as in America. However, Moscow was not immediately built …
