Rent a car for an hour
Article published in the April 10, 2007
In the wake of car-sharing formulas, Avis will launch in Paris an offer to lease at very short
. or the first time in France, a large sign will get into the car hire at very short duration. From June, the landlord notice, associated with the leader of the underground parking Vinci Park to offer a car available to Parisians for a few hours. The time of "a lunch or an evening in the suburbs."
The new service - a "life test", say the two companies - do not count in the first instance a score of cars available in four car parks "over the center of Paris." In late 2007, twenty Parisian parking will be affected, and in 2008, Avis is expected to open stations in large cities due to "one every four to six months."
Customers must have purchased a minimum one-year subscription (10 euros per month) and distance se! ra charged 0.35 euro per kilometer. They will make the booking online or by phone. Armed with a personal badge, they will take possession of the vehicle in the parking lot and returned to the same place at the time they have previously indicated. The service will be available seven days a week and twenty-four hours twenty-four. Notices and Vinci have to convince "2000 subscribers by Christmas, particularly the inhabitants of the crown who do not want to buy a second car."
ALREADY A DOZEN CITIES OF
The emergence of this offer to lease at very short duration but large-scale launched by Avis would never have happened without the emergence of forms of so-called "car sharing" set up by associations, cooperatives or limited companies. In France, we consider that 3500 people use them in a dozen cities, against 80 000 70 000 Germany or Switzerland. "These structures developed comm! e local service, as part of the solidarity economy, with support from local communities. To park cars, are sometimes used during building, "said Jean-Baptiste Schmider, manager of France Carsharing, a network of structures located in seven cities.
Although the number of subscribers remains low, there is everywhere a craze for the formula. In Lyon, Corinne Cottier, the association's car otherwise noted "an increase of 50% every year." In Paris, Community Chest, a structure created in 1999 in association status, was incorporated and has 75 vehicles located in fifteen places at its 2000 subscribers. The City of Paris has given him the label "car sharing", which will give him access to dedicated lanes and reduced tariffs in car parks.
Within the car-sharing formulas, customers subscribing for a period of three to six months and can reserve a vehicle e! etween five minutes and one month in advance. In case of problems or accidents, a phone line is available. Rates remain below the offer notice. Some facilities offer special programs. Companies can be exempted from "a designated driver assigned", and when structures are associative, cooperative members have an attractive rate. In several cities, including Paris, Lyon or Montpellier, nighttime hours are free.
Carsharing Alps, in Grenoble, has an annual fee including subscription Transit agglomeration. Finally, the Network membership provides access to France Carsharing vehicles in all cities. As
Notices, private rental "studying the market," says Michel Laporte, Secretary General of the renters branch of the National Occupational automobile (CNPA). Laporte believes that professio! nnel have "technical means" to enable them to cope with a rapid rise. Opinion committed to offering vehicles with less than six months, against three years for most players of carsharing.
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