Smart Cars Available for 35 Cents per Minute

One of the newest more popular cars is being used in a new type of business. The smart car is now becoming rentable by the minute! In Texas if you are looking for a car but are not necessarily looking to buy one Daimler, a German car manufacturer offers the great option for you. At the moment there is a total of 200 Smart cars in the Austin area, that are available for use for over 13,000 city employees. The company noted that the vehicles will be available to the public sometime in the near future. For the small price of 35 cents per minute you can use the Smart car and get across the city. All you have to do when you’re done is leave it in a parking lot near the destination where someone else will pick it up and use it. In the 35 cent per minute rate both gas and insurance are covered both saving you time and a great deal of money as well.
Though this phenomenon is a first is the United States the Car2Go program has already been released in the city of Ulm, Germany and doing well at that. In the Car2Go program you can request a car over the phone or through the web site, the best option is that if you see one you can just use your membership card and get in and go to your location.

The executives Car2Go say that this program will be an aid in boosting the use of public transportation, in the 17 square mile area of downtown Austin, Texas. Doing this will encourage more people to use less gas while coming downtown from their suburban homes.

Overall I think this is a great idea however I’m just not accustomed to the fact that you just leave a car outside and if someone else wants to get it and drive off its perfectly fine. The only downfall I can see with this program is that if you take one to work, and an emergency pops up, are you stuck ride-less until another Smart Car is available in the case that someone else is using the car you came in with? Though this can be saving a great deal of money it will also be a little inconvenient for the every day workers who have emergencies, or need to make a trip to the bank, or run to the store, if someone else keeps using an available car.