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Carzonrent, has partnered up with Tata Motors as it announced of expanding the Myles self-drive car-on-hire services by adding 200 Tata Nano Twist cars in to its fleet. The current venture, called Myles City-Drive, prioritizes on providing cars for intra-city commutes at an hourly rent of just Rs 99/hour. Initially, the Myles City-Drive services will only be made available to customers in Delhi/NCR. Those interested can avail the services from across 43 locations in the Delhi/NCR region and can rent out a Tata Nano on hourly, day to day or monthly basis.
In India, Carzonrent launched the Myles business model in November 2013. With Myles, the company aims at providing consumers the option of hassle-free self-drive car rental services. The company claims that services like these help customers to fulfill their everyday travel needs without being burdened with the costs of ownership, maintenance and running of a car. Currently, Carzonrent has over 600 cars for under the Myles name across 16 cities.
The Myles Cit-Drive is an extension of the same business strategy, although, it works on an even more economical and convenient way. Keeping that in mind, the rental charges for a Tata Nano are nominal and start at Rs 99/hour (including fuel for 10 kilometers per hour). For any one wanting to keep the car for a day or a month, the rates at Rs 399/day and Rs 6,999 for a month are kept quite reasonable too. Note that fuel charges will be separate in case a car is rented for a day or a month.
Picking-up the car is a fairly easy affair as well. You can simply walk up to a dedicated location and drive off with the car, or can book it in advance on Carzonrent’s official webpage, and pick it up as per your convenience. A smartphone app is also available for advance bookings.
Mandatory documents required to avail the services include a valid driving license, an address proof (voter id card or passport) and a pre-authorization approval on your credit card till the time the car is delivered back in the same condition as it was received in. Also, the car would have to be dropped back at the same location from where it was picked up. Carzonrent says that it’s working around ways to let customers drop off the car at any of the other operational locations, and it will be definitely introduced at later stage.
Besides the Myles City-Drive services, Carzonrent’s Myles business has cars ranging from Mahindra e20 to Mercedes Benz E-Class and operates in 16 different cities. The company plans to expand its fleet of 600 self-driven cars to 5,000 cars by 2016.
