Car Sharing

Contactless Carsharing: the new normal in COVID-19

With Covid-19, contactless carsharing is becoming the new normal. Contactless carsharing is now being opted by not only large but medium scale carsharing companies too. MoboKey has been offering contactless carsharing for over 3 years now. Initially the idea was to create an ease for you but now it has become essential as we are trying to limit the person to person interaction. For most of the carsharing companies, they depend upon the renters and customers to meet and share the car keys but with MoboKey, we enable digital key ........

2021-04-20T11:50:59+05:00Categories: Car Sharing|Tags: , |

How can I enable carsharing for my car rental business using MoboKey

We want to make sure that we tend to all your car-sharing needs. This is why we offer you to enable carsharing for your car rental company. If you already have a rental car company and you want to launch your own car-sharing company, then MoboKey is a go-to solution. Adding carsharing in a mid-sized car rental company If you are running a small or mid-sized car rental company you know that most of the cars have the highest utilization in a season when tourism is at its peak. Your ........

2021-03-01T16:39:45+05:00Categories: Car Sharing|Tags: , , |

What do the top studies on car sharing suggest about its future?

We see a change from private mobility and ownership to service use. As there is a growth of car-sharing services as a new and more sustainable way of transportation. With the emerging importance of this type of mobility, a large number of papers are present in the scientific literature. Extensive analyses classify the research and determine the mainstream. Car Sharing Definitions Roundtrip car sharing: Allows members hourly access to a vehicle from a dedicated location. After the trip is over the car is returned to that same location. One-way station-based: ........

2021-02-25T21:22:20+05:00Categories: Car Sharing|

Share, buy or lease a car: What does future hold for automakers.

Caitlin Harrington, a researcher at Wired recently published an article. She cites an interesting glimpse of what does the future hold for automakers. Since the advent of car-sharing, the rise in the sales of vehicles has stopped. Millennials have shown great interest in renting vehicles. Hence, making companies like Turo and Zipcar extremely popular. This phenomenon of increased interest in sharing the vehicle has not gone unnoticed by the thinktanks of auto manufacturers. Therefore, they have also changed their approach, they have started to invest in car-sharing companies and other ........

2021-01-18T19:28:21+05:00Categories: Car Access, Car Sharing|Tags: , |

Why have the car sales and sharing improved during the pandemic

During the last quarter of 2020, despite the pandemic, car sales and sharing improved significantly. Most of the countries including the USA, Australia, and the UK were still battling the pandemic. But still, we saw an interesting turn of events with the increase in car sales and sharing trends. The Guardian shared an interesting take on this phenomenon, citing it as a "boom as pandemic upends transportation". COVID-19 lockdowns and an increase in working from home worldwide have limited the need to own private vehicles. It will cause more consumers ........

2021-01-16T19:51:31+05:00Categories: Car Sharing|Tags: , |

Enjoy a Flat 10% OFF on all MoboKey products this new year

Even though 2020 was not the best year with COVID lurking over our heads. Times are weird and everyone has been affected in one way or another. But why fixate on what we have already endured and focus on what's coming. Let's welcome 2021 with panache, and with the confidence to strive for a better future. This is why, to cheer you up, we are offering everyone a gift. We offer you a flat 10% off on all MoboKey products this new year. Use the coupon code: HNY10 to enjoy ........

2020-12-28T19:35:24+05:00Categories: Car Access, Car Sharing|Tags: , |

Add car sharing to your car rental business

An interesting proposition that has been circulating in the past few months is adding car-sharing into your textbook car rental business. The idea in the discussion has proven quite lucrative if implemented properly. Businesses are always looking to increase the streams of revenue. Whether it is a car rental business or a mobility startup, everyone's goal is to increase their revenues. Adding car sharing in a mid-sized car rental company If you are running a mid-sized car rental company you know that most of the cars have the highest utilization ........

Millennials and their willingness to share vehicles

Nielson(American information, data, and market measurement firm) published an interesting insight into the technology driving innovation. The report suggested a lot of interesting points. But for us, the most interesting was the willingness of the millennials to share the vehicles. Goldman Sachs also mentioned their results in their report where they segregated their research. They were able to provide an interesting infographic as well. Why are the millennials into sharing vehicles and real estate? To take a deeper look at how the millennials are responding to sharing, we need to ........

2020-11-20T21:04:46+05:00Categories: Car Sharing|Tags: , |

Contactless car sharing and how MoboKey can help

Contactless car sharing is becoming a norm in a post covid era. As the name suggests, contactless car sharing makes sure that the owner and renter do not have to meet in order to share or rent a car. The concept of this type of sharing is to facilitate car-sharing and rental companies and makes sure that we avoid touching unnecessary objects like keys and minimize social gatherings. With the 2nd Layer of Covid-19 around, we make sure you don't need to carry car fobs along. With proximity, our customers ........

The next big thing is flying cars, now is MoboKey remote starter.

2020 has been a remarkable year for remote starters. Even though it was being widely discussed with telematics and car data gathering. But it reached its peak in late June 2020. There are speculations when it comes to the next big thing in remote starters. We are hearing rumors of Apple collaborating with Range Rover as well but they are currently just rumors. Apple car keys news spread like a wildfire in a COVID struck world. Apple car key was considered to be the next big thing in remote starters ........