The largest car-sharing company is run by a chain of parking lots, so you could say that the parking lot business is subsidizing the car-sharing business. Anyw

The largest car-sharing company is run by a chain of parking lots, so you could say that the parking lot business is subsidizing the car-sharing business. Anyway, I just looked up some actual prices for central Tokyo: * Parking, 1 hour: 900 yen * Car sharing, 1 hour: 900-1,800 yen (depending on car class) * Cybercafe, 1 hour: 550 yen So sitting in a car actually costs twice as much as a cybercafe