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The jury’s out on the impact of new car club models

Chas Ball, Chief executive, Carplus, Leeds
03 February 2012
 

The emergence of new models of car-sharing (or what we in UK and Ireland uniquely call ‘car clubs’) has suggested a “much needed boost” will be given to car clubs (James Dark, Business Briefing, LTT 16 Dec 11).

The jury is out on whether they will come from peer-to-peer schemes such as easyCar or its older rival, WhipCar. I do, however, agree that the point-to-point schemes of Daimler (car2go) and BMW (GoNow) could offer a new car-sharing option in our urban areas if...

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