Car Next Door

Car Next Door
Private
Industry Car sharing, Peer-to-peer car rental, Collaborative consumption
Founded 2012 (2012)
Sydney, NSW,
Founder Will Davies and David Trumbull
Headquarters Sydney, Australia
Area served
Sydney (expanding to Australia)
Key people
Will Davies (Founder & CEO) & , Dave Trumbull (Founder & CTO), Chloe Aliffe (Head of Member Experience)
Products car sharing, carsharing, car rentals, cars,
Services Peer-to-peer car rental, Car sharing, car rentals, cars, collaborative consumption
Number of employees
5
Website Car Next Door

Car Next Door is an Australian company that facilitates peer-to-peer car rental, a system by which individuals may rent privately owned vehicles on an hourly or daily basis to other registered users of the service.[1][2] Peer-to-peer car rental is an example of ″collaborative consumption″, where skills and assets are shared or traded between neighbours for sustainability and economic benefit.[3] It currently operates in Sydney, Australia, and Melbourne, Australia, and has announced plans to expand to other Australian cities and airports in 2016.[4]

How it works

The company addresses the lack of trust and lack of ease that would otherwise discourage people from sharing their cars with others,[5][6] by:

New car owners receive 50% or 75% of the time-based fee and 75% of the km fee. They can book their car for free and at other times, the car must be available or a penalty may be charged to the owner. Owners do not choose who can use their vehicle though they can request that a driver is banned. The site manages toll fees and charges these back to the owner each month. Drivers are able to purchase fuel with a fuel card and this is charged back to the owner each month.

See also

References

  1. Sydney Morning Herald. ″Drive thy neighbour's car ... or just rent it″. Nicole Hasham, October 6, 2012.
  2. Daily Telegraph. "Dollars drive car share scheme to be launched in Bondi and Paddington″. Shae McDonald, Sydney, August 8, 2012.
  3. Botsman, Rachel and Rogers, Roo (2010). What's Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption. HarperCollins.
  4. "BRW". "Car Next Door seeks $1.8m ride to the airport." Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Jemima Whyte, 27 July 2015.
  5. "Survey Finds Trust is #1 Barrier to Sharing". Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  6. Campbell Mithun and Carbonview Research. '″Collaborative Consumption: What Marketers Need to Know.″ January 2012. www.campbell-mithun.com/talkinar. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 Steve Mills (producer), (9 October 2012). Breakfast Program [radio broadcast]. Perth, 6PR.

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