FRESH: 42% of Russians began to use carsharing more often due to higher gasoline prices
Almost half of Russians (42 percent) began to use car sharing more often instead of their own car. About this with reference to a survey of the automotive marketplace FRESH informs newspaper “Izvestia”.
Car owners began to use their own cars only during out-of-town and long trips, and to move within the city, they began to resort to car sharing services more often. Since 2022, the average number of trips per user has increased from 6.9 to 7.5, experts say. In 2023, almost a third (27 percent) of customers of such services used the service for the first time, 21 percent preferred carsharing to personal transport before, and 10 percent still use a personal car.
“This trend is not only related to convenience – for example, you do not need to look for the best place to park – but also to higher fuel prices. Often, the cost of a short-term car rental is more profitable than a trip in a private car,” the authors of the survey explained.
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