What the h*** is a StudentCar?

Let me enlighten you.

This first blog form StudentCar. This blog post dedicated to introduce you to what we call: The car sharing company for students.

StudentCar is set up by 3 students from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. We’ve been in business for a year now and structures for a nationwide rollout are made. Soon you will find StudentCars at your own university and in front of your doorstep. All very exciting and all, but what IS StudentCar? You might think.

Team StudentCar @StudentCar Official Opening Jan 14th 2009 

(fltr: Vic, Maarten, Stefano and Sjoerd)

Simply put: a StudentCar is your car. Drive it whenever you want it, wherever you want it, available 24/7 all year long. It’s your call, or actually, your click!

For the rest of your student life, you can have a key to these cars right in your own wallet in your back pocket or purse. Need to drive somewhere? All you need to do is make an online reservation, walk towards the car, open it with your keycard and drive off.

You only pay per hour you use it and the kilometers you drive. No high fixed costs and no hassle!

This concept is called car-sharing. You and your fellow students share a car. Most likely the one closest to your house, but with your keycard its also possible to pick up the car at the other student house, the university or the ones in a completely different city.

Car sharing was introduced a while ago, but only in the last decade it has caught on. It’s cheap, it’s convenient, its easy and it environmental. What’s not to like? That’s what we thought at least, when we came across this article about ZipCar, the largest car sharing company in the world. They are mostly active in the US, and or also focusing on students.

That’s brilliant! I want a freaking ZipCar! But since they did not plan on placing these cars on the Erasmus, or even the Netherlands, we decided to do it ourselves.

We came across and other student who was playing with the same thoughts, teamed up, got some more support, did some entrepreneurial things, did some legal things and… StudentCar, the car sharing organization for Students was born!    Ready to fire up that (Toyota Aygo) engine and get going!

Stay in touch and we’ll tell you more about the ambitious plans of StudentCar, successes and how things don’t always go as planned.

In the mean time, check out www.StudentCar.nl (StudentCar.nl/en for English) and follow us on twitter or join or facebook to keep you updated on the trials and tribulations of the StudentCar team and heads up on when new blogs are posted.

Take care and drive safely.

Greets,

Sjoerd for StudentCar.