Karkarcar, first Basque cooperative to share electric cars in Iruñea
- The first electric car sharing cooperative will be launched on 21 February. A mobile app allows you to open, unlock and start with a first vehicle. It will be parked in the Rochapea de Pamplona.
Karkarcar will be the first Basque cooperative to share cars. The initiative born in Pamplona and will be stationed in Rochapea. The presentation will take place at the Pamplona Station on 21 February at 19:00.
As stated on its website, “KarKarCar is a non-profit consumer cooperative that offers mobility services and products to accelerate the transition to more sustainable mobility, ensuring that we generate an economy at the service of people and not the other way around.”
So far, they've been creating their technology, the application software and the hardware that is put into the vehicle to unlock and unlock it. It is almost available, it only remains for them to automate payments to turn directly to the account, as they have pointed out. Navarre has an advanced Energy Transition Act, adopted unanimously in 2022, which has also been able to become an “energy community”. This allows them to bond with communities like Mendillorri and Rochapea.
Car sharing rates are as follows: EUR 4 per hour, EUR 20 per 5-10 hours, EUR 40 per full day. EUR 60 per vehicle booking for the whole weekend.
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