Why and how can you share your vehicles through company car-sharing?
Very popular with private individuals, carsharing is gradually becoming more widespread in the corporate world. Corporate car-sharing involves pooling part of a fleet of vehicles for several users whose travel needs are only occasional.
Above all, car-sharing makes good sense. A few statistics demonstrate the "waste" of automobile resources in companies:
- 90% of vehicles are assigned to just one driver, despite limited operating time
- Only 40 % of assigned vehicles are permanently on the road
- The other 60%s remain parked in parking lots most of the time.
In a tense economic and environmental context, the use of company car-sharing makes better use of automobile resources, while offering employees a practical and comfortable mobility solution. Let's take a quick look at the various benefits of company car-sharing.
Reduce overall fleet costs
The vehicle fleet and, more broadly, mobility represent the 2ème cost item for companies after salaries. In other words, the financial impact of vehicles on a company's operating income is not neutral!
Pooling part of the fleet reduces the size of the fleet, and therefore its overall cost. Various studies have shown that car-sharing a vehicle can reduce the size of a fleet by up to 10 vehicles (or even more in some cases).
Reducing parking spaces
Reducing the number of vehicles also means reducing the number of parking spaces. At a time when parking spaces are being sold or rented at a premium, particularly in urban areas, the impact of carsharing is not neutral in this respect either.
Promoting access to business
Reducing the number of vehicles in the fleet also means facilitating access to the company. This may seem trivial in many cases, but for companies with several thousand employees on a single site, it can have a significant impact.
Reducing the company's carbon footprint
By reducing the number of vehicles in its fleet, the company will naturally reduce its environmental impact. At a time of increasing fiscal pressure to reduce greenhouse gases, car-sharing is a way of making a contribution.
Offering a mobility solution to all employees
Some employees only travel occasionally. Even if these trips are rare, they can still be a real obstacle course: booking a cab, then a train...
By having shared vehicles in the company parking lot, employees can easily access their means of transport (after reserving it, of course).
Sharing routes
In addition to carsharing, company carpooling is also becoming increasingly popular. This is what connected vehicle specialist Optimum Automotive is proposing, by coupling its car-sharing application with car-pooling. The idea is simple: if several employees need to make the same journey on the same day, the application will allow them to search for carpooling opportunities before reserving a vehicle. After pooling vehicles, it's now a question of pooling journeys to further reduce a company's mobility costs.
How to implement carsharing within a company?
Optimum Automotive's teams work with you to determine which vehicles are potentially eligible for carsharing. The Optimum Automotive solution then provides end-to-end management of your carsharing system:
- Reservation/restitution diary management
- Key and door opening management (RFID badge/reader, Bluetooth, connected and secure key cabinet)
- Billing tools
- Statistical tools to help your car-sharing system evolve and adapt to your employees' mobility needs.
In short, carsharing is relatively simple to implement within a company or local authority, and the benefits are tangible, measurable and long-lasting for the company, its employees and the environment. What's more, carsharing can also bring additional financial resources to the company, by offering employees, or outsiders for a fee, the same vehicles at weekends and during vacation periods.