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I used to work in the same office building as the Austin office. Car2Go's business model was dumb. You could apparently rent a Mercedes from them with just your
by sidewndr46 2y ago
I used to work in the same office building as the Austin office. Car2Go's business model was dumb. You could apparently rent a Mercedes from them with just your phone. Except the rental spot was in downtown Austin, near all the hotels and stuff to do. If you've made it from the airport to downtown Austin, why would you need a rental car?
- Nullabillity 2y agoI always understood the model as being for carless locals who occasionally need a car for spring cleanup/large shopping trips.
- sidewndr46 2y agoThat doesn't work in Austin. Everyone I've met in Austin who didn't have a car told me about how bad public transport was and how they were saving up for a car.
- marssaxman 2y agoAre we talking about the same business? Here in Seattle, there were cars all over the city, and you'd just hop into whichever one was nearest when you wanted to go run an errand. It was a completely different service from conventional, long-term car rental, aimed more at locals than at people coming in from out of town. I suppose it is technically true that the cars were built by Mercedes, but they were the cute little two-seater Smartcars, not the big luxury machines.
- sidewndr46 2y agoYes, they had the little two seaters that are apparently a Smart car. I never saw any of that fleet move. They also had nice 4 door Mercedes that I would see groups of people walk up to, fiddle with their phone then drive off in them.