Sharjah: An app-based car-sharing service amongst a per-minute rental of l fils is directly available inwards Sharjah as well as volition presently expand to Abu Dhabi as well as Northern Emirates.Launched past times Udrive, 1 of the 2 firms offering the service inwards Dubai since Jan end year, a fleet of 100 vehicles volition hold upward operating inwards Sharjah offering smart rental services. Udrive began amongst a fleet of 100 cars inwards Dubai as well as has directly expanded to close 300 vehicles, including the Sharjah fleet, reflecting the growing popularity of the car-sharing services.
“The bespeak is really high for car-sharing services. At the instant nosotros convey 600 trips per 24-hour interval inwards Dubai, which way half dozen dissimilar people are driving a item automobile per 24-hour interval on an average. If these people were non sharing a automobile they would hold upward driving half dozen dissimilar cars adding to the congestion on roads. This has helped inwards reducing congestion as well as pollution enormously,” said Haseeb Khan, CEO as well as founder of Udrive.
The rental service inwards Sharjah volition operate on the same technology that is available inwards Dubai, however, the Sharjah service volition operate on a dissimilar cost scheme.
“In Sharjah the service volition hold upward available at l fils per infinitesimal as well as drivers tin alternative the vehicles from anywhere inwards the metropolis as well as drib it wherever they want. However, later on 4 hours the drivers tin purpose the cars for gratis for the side past times side twenty hours,” added Khan.
The system includes gratis fuel, insurance as well as parking anywhere inwards Sharjah, amongst a 150 kilometres driving trammel per day.
However, every bit many people would honey to have, the Dubai as well as Sharjah services are non linked, which way a automobile picked inwards Sharjah cannot hold upward dropped inwards Dubai or vice versa.
“We know that customers would honey to convey the facility of picking a automobile inwards 1 metropolis as well as dropping inwards another. But nosotros don’t convey it correct directly every bit services inwards both the cities operate on dissimilar schemes, amongst Dubai non having a cap of 4 hours, piece Sharjah has a 4 lx minutes cap as well as the balance of 24-hour interval is free,” said Khan.
Following expansion inwards Sharjah, Khan is directly planning to expand inwards the Northern Emirates as well as Abu Dhabi, where the car-sharing facilities volition hold upward available shortly.
“We are currently working amongst the government inwards the uppercase as well as the service volition hold upward rolled out presently inwards Abu Dhabi. We volition convey a fleet of approximately 200 cars operating inwards Abu Dhabi,” added Khan
Khan said that the marketplace inwards the Northern Emirates as well as Sharjah are like as well as the side past times side natural footstep is to expand farther north.
“We convey done our studies inwards the Northern Emirates as well as nosotros come across that the marketplace is like to Sharjah. We convey every bit good seen a lot of interaction betwixt Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah as well as Fujairah, as well as then nosotros are planning to convey connected service, which volition permit people to alternative a automobile from Sharjah as well as drib anywhere inwards the Northern Emirates or vice versa,” said Khan.
Premium segment
Catering to a dissimilar segment, Udrive is every bit good launching a premium service presently amongst a fleet of l luxury vehicles including diverse models of Mercedes Benz as well as BMW.
“We volition presently kickoff a trial amongst l luxury automobile that volition cost approximately lxxx fils per minutes or Dh200 per 24-hour interval including fuel, gratis parking at zones A, B, C as well as D every bit good every bit insurance,” said Khan.
He added that for the premium cars at that topographic point volition a cap later on 4 to 5 hours to travel inwards to a greater extent than economical for the customers.
Car-sharing services are available 24/7 as well as tin hold upward rented at a location nearest to a driver via the Udrive app or website. Once registered, customers tin unlock cars through their smartphones as well as motility off.