Zagreb Receives 30 Car Sharing Vehicles

Matija Krznar, director of Urban Mobility, and Vedran Prasnikar, director of Porsche Inter Auto, signed a contract in Zagreb for the delivery of 30 Volkswagen up! vehicles that will be used in the Spin City car sharing project. The vehicles will be delivered by spring next year when the car sharing project will also commence.

In Zagreb, the Spin City car sharing project will start in spring, which is a service for shared use of cars for driving around the city and its surroundings, where 30 Volkswagen up! vehicles will be distributed on city streets – 10 electric and 20 conventional. This solution, along with the application of modern technology, integrates the sharing economy with the modern green economy. Through this defined system, Spin City users will rent a vehicle just as much as they need, without the costs of ownership and maintenance.

– In shaping the Spin City car sharing service, we focused on practical and reliable city vehicles, which we recognized in the offer of Porsche Inter Auto. It was extremely important for us that the fleet contains as high a proportion of electric vehicles as possible, given the available charging infrastructure. With the implementation of even one-third of the fleet on electric drive, Spin City brings Zagreb among the leading European cities with low carbon dioxide emissions per car sharing vehicle and provides significant benefits for the environment. We are pleased that Porsche Inter Auto was among the first to recognize our idea, and we believe that the agreed cooperation will enable the realization of common interests with all the accompanying values that this project brings,” emphasized Matija Krznar, director of Urban Mobility, which is launching the Spin City service.

Before the first use of the service, citizens will need to register once via the Spin City website (www.spincity.hr), and after that, they only need a driver’s license and a smartphone. The entire usage is based on three main steps: locating the car, unlocking it, and driving. The use of the vehicle is charged by the minute, and users are rewarded with bonus minutes if they recharge the vehicle with electricity or fuel themselves.

The main advantages of car sharing are:

– you can drive wherever and whenever you want without the costs associated with vehicle ownership – no maintenance, parking, insurance, registration, taxes, cleaning costs…,
– there is no paperwork or administration that accompanies traditional rentals,
– car sharing is environmentally friendly as it reduces environmental pollution and alleviates traffic from personal vehicles, car sharing enhances the quality of life in cities.

– In line with European solutions that, along with the application of modern technology, integrate the sharing economy with the modern green economy, Porsche Inter Auto decided to support the idea of Urban Mobility, which is launching the Spin City service, and the decision to include VW e-up! electric vehicles in the fleet,” said Vedran Prasnikar, director of Porsche Inter Auto.