Athlon launches car share product
Fleet lessor Athlon Car Lease has signed a
partnership with car share company SnappCar in the two companies’
home nation of the Netherlands.
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Through the deal, Athlon will give its
customers the option to rent out their leased vehicles to private
individuals via SnappCar’s online market place.
SnappCar manages the rental throughout the
process including insurance, customer checks and vehicle
maintenance.
The two companies are also developing a
product for Athlon Car Lease’s clients to deploy of their fleet of
leased vehicles among other employees.
The scheme, the first of its kind to be
offered in the Netherlands, is similar to the
AlphaCity product recently launched by European fleet lessor
Alphabet in the UK, Germany and France.
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By GlobalDataHans Blink, chief executive of Athlon Car
Lease International, said: “As a mobility provider, our field of
interest is not restricted to leased vehicles – we look at the
overall mobility of our clients, their leased vehicle drivers and
other employees.
“We also fulfill our responsibility with
regards to sustainability. Car sharing fits well into our
sustainable mobility plan we developed in which we offer
affordable, more efficient mobility alternatives.
“The partnership with SnappCar is thus
perfectly in line with our vision.”
Victor van Tol, chief executive of SnappCar,
said the two companies shared the belief that vehicle usage is
becoming more important than vehicle ownership and said the aim of
this strategic partnership is to promote car sharing in both the
consumer market and the corporate market.
“We are seeing that people increasingly want
to make smarter use of their possessions. And that includes their
car.”
Lex and Hertz team up for Speedy
replacement
Lex Autolease has teamed up with vehicle
rental firm Hertz to provide a replacement vehicle programme to one
of its fleet clients.
The partnership means tool and equipment
rental firm Speedy Services has access to 18 short-term rental Ford
Transit drop-side vans, purpose built to Speedy’s specifications,
through Hertz when a replacement is needed.
Ian Leonard, Speedy’s fleet director, said:
“This unique substitute vehicle arrangement means that we have
ready-made, identical replacement vehicles, designed to our
specifications.
“This guarantees that our fleet is
consistently on the road, keeping business ticking over and the
wellbeing of our drivers is taken care of cost efficiently.”
Bernard McCarron, Daily Rental business
development manager at Lex Autolease, added: “Speed, efficiency and
safety are the watch words in this segment and we believe that our
partnership with Hertz lives up to those expectations.”
Top-tier consolidation leading fleet
recovery
UK fleet leasing is a £10bn industry which is
leading the recovery in the vehicle market, according to a research
paper.
The most recent market insight report into the
UK vehicle leasing market by research firm Apex Insight has
suggested consolidation in the top-tier of the market following
stagnation during the financial crisis will lead to recovering
revenues in 2012.
However, the study, based on macro-economic
data, company sources, interviews with senior-level contacts in the
industry and attitude surveys, found uncertainties remain, such as
the risk that slow economic recovery could lead to companies
postponing fleet decisions further, and for demand for ancillary
services to remain depressed.
The report also concludes, while the top end
of the market is relatively consolidated, the mid-tier is still
fragmented and many of the smaller operators now find themselves
targeting clients in an increasingly price competitive market.
The full report is available to download,
priced £79 to £1195,
here.
