Detailed description (English): GoCar members sign up online, and can then book cars via the website or mobile app; they unlock the car with their phone or GoCard, and the keys are waiting securely in the glovebox. Rates start from €4 for half an hour, with fuel, insurance and maintenance included.
Sustainable
By allowing multiple people to use the same vehicle at different times, carsharing reduces car ownership, congestion, noise and air pollution, and frees up land traditionally used for parking spaces. Each GoCar replaces approximately 15 private cars, is environmentally friendly, and creates more liveable cities by encouraging people to sell their cars and only use a car when essential, while walking and using public transport more often too.
Convenient & Cost Effective
Carsharing allow individuals to have the benefits of a private car, without having the large costs and hassle associated with car ownership. With pay as you go pricing and no subscription charges, GoCar ideal for people or organisations who only need occasional access to a car but don’t want to own one, families who need a second car sometimes, as well as others who would like occasional access to a vehicle of a different type than they use day-to-day, such as our GoVans.
Target group(s): People looking to live car-free in Ireland.
Objectives: Reduce car ownership & dependency.
Expected Outcomes: Removal of over 4,000 private cars in Ireland.