BeeRides Car Sharing
BeeRides is a German-Hungarian car-sharing service with a focus on airports that helps travelers to park for free at airports and get additional revenue by renting out their cars for those who need a rental car. Car owners who rent out their cars for a longer period get guaranteed income besides the free parking.[1] The company operates at Budapest Liszt Ferenc Airport since 2015, as well as Frankfurt Airport, Düsseldorf Airport, and at Berlin-Schönefeld Airport since 2018. The company has received more than €1 million in venture capital investment. The latest investor is the Innogy Innovation Hub, which invested in BeeRides in 2018.[2]
History
BeeRides Car Sharing was founded in 2015 by Botond Bosze, Szilárd Bozoki, and Márton Szőt. In 2018, Gergő Kalcsics joined the management team.[3] The company employs 10 people. BeeRides Car Sharing has welcomed users from 4 continents and from over 50 countries.
Conception
BeeRides provides free parking at airports and rents out these vehicles at competitive prices to incoming tourists. Besides the free parking, the car owners get half of the rental fee and a free car wash after the parking. Car owners who park for a longer period (minimum 30 days) at BeeRides receive a guaranteed monthly fee from the company. The fee depends on the make, model, and production year of the car. For rental customers, BeeRides Car Sharing provides unique cars and a best price guarantee. With the help of its in-house developed smart locker, users can collect the key and the car's papers non-stop without any queue. Users are expected to complete the contracting and payment process online. Given its automated user flow, it is not possible to park or rent a car with BeeRides by phone or in person.[4]
International Expansion
Dortmund Airport
After two years of operating in Budapest, in June 2017, BeeRides opened its first location in Germany at Dortmund Airport. The company suspended its operation in 2018 as a result of a shift in focus towards larger airports.[5]
Düsseldorf Airport
In April 2018, BeeRides became available at Düsseldorf Airport, the third busiest airport in Germany. Similar to the Budapest location, the company runs its service/operation in Germany with local partners.[6]
Berlin-Schönefeld Airport
The next location after Düsseldorf opened in August 2018 in Berlin near Berlin-Schönefeld Airport, which has around 13 million passengers annually.
Frankfurt Airport
In October 2018, after the successful openings in Düsseldorf and Berlin, BeeRides Car Sharing started its operations at Frankfurt Airport, Germany's busiest airport.[7]
Fleet
The BeeRides fleet is composed of cars owned by private individuals. According to the company, its car owners include people who travel for a few weeks, people who work abroad for a longer period and leave their car at the airport, as well as people who have bought a car or cars for investment purposes. The company also has professional cars in its fleet to provide a high level of service quality.
Awards received
BeeRides Car Sharing has received the following awards:
- In July 2016, BeeRides won the Ford AppLink Mobility Challenge competition in Budapest.[8]
- This win entitled them to attend the 24-hour international Ford AppLink Developer Challenge competition in September 2016 in Berlin. BeeRides Car Sharing won the €140,000 total prize competition with seven other companies.
- In November 2016, at the eDigital Challenge in Paris, the company was a finalist in the Digital Cities category and received a certificate of merit for its participation.[9]
- BeeRides Car Sharing has achieved successes at the Budapesti Vállalkozásfejlesztési Közalapítvány-organized Be Smart startup competitions. The company has won the 5th, 7th, and 8th editions of the Be Smart startup competition.
More information
References
- ↑ "BeeRides Car Sharing". F6S. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ↑ "BeeRides is set to change how people own and rent cars". innovationhub.innogy.com. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ↑ "New Co-CEO joins rapidly expanding Hungarian airport car-sharing startup". 150sec. 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ↑ "About us | BeeRides". beerides.com. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ↑ "Hungarian car sharing startup takes off at Dortmund Airport". www.nrwinvest.com. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ↑ "Hungarian airport car sharing service eyes expansion". Budapest Business Journal. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ↑ "Success: Hungarian carsharing service to take over Germany". Daily News Hungary. 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ↑ "Hungarian car-sharing startup wins contest". Budapest Business Journal. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ↑ "BeeRides is a finalist - Budapest ICT Network". Retrieved 2019-02-01.
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