Cityhop
Cityhop is New Zealand's first carsharing service operating in both Auckland and Wellington. It was founded by former Auckland City councillor Victoria Carter with JUCY, a rental car and campervan company.[1][2]In 2018, Cityhop has 80 vehicles and more than 3000 active drivers.[3] It was bought by Toyota New Zealand in November 2018 and had about 6,000 members and 120 vehicles in 2019.[4]
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| Private | |
| Industry | Car sharing |
| Founded | 2007, Auckland |
| Founder | Victoria Carter ONZM |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Auckland, Wellington |
| Products | Car sharing |
| Website | www |
Cityhop was launched in Auckland in August 2007 by Prime Minister Helen Clark and began with three cars in Auckland Council carparks.[5] This was followed by three cars in Wellington in late 2008. Expansion to Christchurch and Queenstown is planned.[6]
Cityhop follows traditional carsharing principles with car bookings done online or over the phone, keyless car entry by keycard, and dedicated carshare parking spaces for each vehicle. Users pay an annual fee and cars are available by an hourly rate which includes petrol, insurance, maintenance, and cleaning. Most vehicles are late model hatchbacks or sedans and each car is located in an onstreet carpark or offstreet carpark in a highly populated part of the CBD or city fringe.[7] Cityhop has partnered with Z Energy to provide carshare carparks on service station forecourts.[8]
See also
- Alternatives to the automobile
- Carsharing
References
- Car sharing to cut ownership, Stuff NZ.
- Jucy Launches Car Sharing Business In Auckland Archived 2016-08-20 at the Wayback Machine, JUCY.
- "Rapid expansion for CityHop car sharing under Toyota NZ ownership". Stuff. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Green car-share scheme the wheel deal, says PM, NZ Herald.
- "Cityhop - New Zealand's #1 Car Sharing Service. Book, hop in & Go!". Retrieved 2020-01-12.
- Car-share scheme 'big in Oz', NZ Herald.
- Kicking the Car Habit, Z Energy.