Minibus rental, how van sharing works

By the term "sharing", literally "sharing", we mean the ability to provide the means available for more than one user even if in practice this means an “on demand” rental formula available to several hours or several days, regulated at an hourly rate and with a limit mileage.

If short and long term rental solutions promise to gain more and more recognition in the near future in the world freight transport, also the “third way”, namely division, shows interesting prospects, to the extent that some manufacturers are themselves working to include it in their package of proposals.

How much does it cost to share a van

How much? Generally speaking, costs are about 12 euros per hour and with a daily limit of 50 to 100 km, but there are also services with rates per minute... Not to mention specific initiatives such as DriiveMe, which allows you to use certain vehicles on pre-established routes, taking advantage of the transfer of the vehicles themselves from one location to another rental company and reducing the cost to more symbolic numbers starting from Only 1 euro... More fuel, road tolls, etc., of course.

The most popular so far is Enjoy Cargo, the cost of which is 25 euro, with precharge, for first 2 hours of usebeyond which cost per minute € 0,25... The first 50 km will also be free: when speeding 0,25 euros per km... For those who want to use the car all day, the cost will be 80 euro. 

Who Can Use Vans Sharing

So far, we have seen that this is mainly aimed at частный who need a large vehicle to use randomfor example, oversized moving or transportation of furniture or other assets. No wonder, in addition to rental companies, furniture factories such as Ikeawho has had its own service for many years with fleet provided by companies and sometimes by the houses themselves.

However, today the exchange is becoming interesting for professional what they haveunexpected need a vehicle that is not in their fleet, but at the same time, it is inconvenient to rent it out for a short or long term, since it is only related to this particular case. How to travel to a traffic-free historic center for unusual delivery that requires, for example, the use of an electric van.

One way to drive an electric car

It's not for nothing that battery-powered models have been protagonists for several years now. experimental initiatives who see that the Houses themselves, along with various partners, offer this type of service. Among the most active are Nissan and Renault, which have focused on sharing service to promote their e-NV200 and Kangoo ZE electric vans, launching initiatives in Rome, Naples, Florence and with the prospect of extending the project to other cities.

The main advantage, especially in the case of electric vansis to provide a vehicle suitable for the needs of very short journeys and in very short timeframes, such as the so-called 'last mile delivery', without worrying about traffic problems and congestion, but in a broader sense, this principle also applies to traditional transport means that allow not only individuals but also companies to make a new car available "on demand." Updated.

To direct service

Today, many manufacturers are looking to switch their business from simple manufacturers to service providers more broadly, all forms of lease are beginning to be implemented under new flexible mobility plans that also include commercial transport. An example is Toyota, which recently launched the global platform Kinto One, which also includes exchange formulas.

In addition to experimental initiatives such as Fiat Professional, which made the public car fleet available to reconstruction In the areas of Lazio affected by the earthquakes, services are being offered directly by manufacturers such as Van2share, available in Germany, for which Mercedes has allocated a dedicated platform integrated into the new communication systems featured on most Last and the ability to connect vehicles and drivers.