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Car market share expansion in earnest - and demand the city Kanagawa (Loco CANNAT)

2009-07-03 14:34:47

Multiple users in a car fit for a "car sharing" began to expand into the market. It was mainly for business corporations, individuals enrolled in the wake of the surge in gasoline prices and soaring. New businesses and rental parking time used car dealer and have the attention.Orix, the largest number of members of the automotive industry, for about four years ago have soared over four times more than 1000 people. Director of Planning and Takayama Mitsumasa "An increasing number of individual members. Toll parking fees and insurance costs as well as vehicle purchases, and consider the cost of gasoline and maintenance, would be significant benefits."In the prefecture, Yokohama, Kawasaki and 30 offices and 39 units deployed. For use in 15 minutes, a city tends to run short of time is particularly high demand. 5 also demonstrate the use of cheaper than car rental if less than an hour. About the current nationwide deployment of units from 300 units to the 13-year plan to expand the size of two units.Parking keep the car for car share to the general public access, it is difficult to gain an understanding of the issue of land ownership. Rental agency's parking lot at the time of the market. Giant "24 Park" is a new Mazda to buy a car.Strength of about 8500 for parking and a membership base of 250 million. "We want members to join the car share membership Parking" (head of business planning Kibun Kawakami) strategies, exceed five years, the Buffaloes to four thousand units.Gulliver International, a leading new car broker. Place a small car in the parking space rental apartments, began to pilot a scheme to provide residents and neighbors. Sumitomo is also combined with the German automaker Audi, the share of large cars in the complex from seven starts. "By using a luxury car have less opportunity to get PR effect" are still strong.Familiar with the automotive industry in the A T Kearney partners Kawahara Hideshi "vehicles and locations, a good combination of vehicles on weekdays, you'd be leveling a holiday utilization, the future of the population of one percent of the car share membership a dream, "he said.



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