Car rental by the minute arrives in Poland
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Taxi drivers are facing the growth of yet another competitor: carsharing, or car rental by the minute. Eight million people around the world already use this service, and now it is entering Poland with full force, according to the daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
Carsharing is a counterpart of Warsaw's bicycle sharing system Veturilo, a service that allows one to drive a car without owning it. There are no payments for gasoline, insurance, servicing, or washing, and very often neither for parking in paid parking areas. Everything is included in the rental price, which consists of two parts: a per-minute and a per-kilometer charge. Charges can start at PLN 0.50 per minute and PLN 0.80 per kilometer.
Three carsharing companies arose almost instantly: TrafiCar, 4mobility and SwopCar. Although they target different types of clients and operate in different ways, they agree on one thing: cars by the minute are the future.
