On the 12th, the Municipal Communications Commission issued the "Notice on Prohibiting Car Rental Enterprises from Facilitating Illegal Operation", clearly stating that "private cars are not allowed to engage in car rental operations." However, P2P car rental clients active on the mobile Internet have jumped out and issued a statement stating that their business is not prohibited.
The reporter's investigation found that in addition to a few private car owners to provide driving services through the network platform, many car owners currently choose to rent their own private cars through the P2P rental platform on the mobile network. The Beijing Youth Daily reporter called the Transportation Bureau of the Municipal Traffic Commission yesterday. The relevant person in charge said that the notice has clear regulations on the use of the Internet and mobile phone software to book a car rental and a large number of private cars for “rental operation”, but for such platforms. Whether it belongs to "car rental" is not a reply.
The current P2P car rental platform is the main channel for many private car owners. Mr. Liu’s car is hung on the private car rental platform of the PP car rental. It has been 6 months. This car has been idle for more than half a year in the garage. Now, on average, he can bring him about 1,000 yuan per month. "There are more tenants in the summer vacation, and there will be more than 2,000 at the end of August." Mr. Liu estimated that although he did not reach the publicity of the PP car rental official website, But he is also quite satisfied with this income.
"I don't need a car. You want to use it but you don't have a car. With this platform, we can connect it. I make money, you save money." The reply like this is from Mr. Li, who also rents a private car on the PP rental platform. The reporter of Beiqing Daily consulted him as the owner of the car who wanted to rent a private car. Mr. Li currently has two cars hanging on the platform for rent, which can bring him about 4,000 yuan per month. If he can successfully enter a private car owner, Mr. Li will also receive an additional reward for the 50 yuan car rental ticket.
Open the mobile app store, P2P car rental platform, PP car rental, car rental car and other P2P car rental platform is very popular.
“Car rental people earn more than 3,000 yuan per month!” “Tenants can rent nearby cars at a price less than 30% of the market price!” This is the slogan for the owners of the PP official website.
In the official website of PP car rental, you can see that in the vicinity of Guomao, a Citroen Elysee, the price of the official car rental website is 143 yuan / day, the price of the private car owner on the PP car rental platform is 120 yuan / day; a Chevrolet Lova, China car rental The price is 175 yuan / day, the price of private car owners of PP car rental is 100 yuan / day; an Audi A6, the lowest price of car rental in China is 799 yuan / day, on the PP car rental platform is 600 yuan / day. "The price does not increase on holidays, it is much cheaper than the rental car company." There are tenants on the Internet.
In addition to the price advantage, compared with the traditional car rental company, the short time of renting a car is one of the reasons why many tenants choose PP car rental. After the registration review, the time from car selection to confirmation of the order is about 10 minutes, and the traditional It takes about 2 hours for the online shop of a car rental company to go through the formalities.
The core car rental platform has interpreted the new regulations. The Transportation Management Bureau has not responded to the “Notice on Prohibiting Car Rental Enterprises from Facilitating Illegal Operation” issued by the Transportation Committee of the Municipal Transportation Commission. It clearly stated that the service of renting a car with the help of the Internet and mobile phone software. Some operators violated the regulations, and a large number of private cars were used for “rental operations”, which affected the normal order of Beijing car rental and rental operations. The core meaning of such notices is that the leased vehicles should be owned by the car rental operators, that is, the owners must have “passenger qualifications” and private cars must not engage in car rental operations.
Some insiders believe that the notice of the Transportation Authority is the "waist" of the business of "booking a car with the Internet and mobile software." Some experts believe that some car rental software may be fatally hit. However, various car rental platforms have issued statements, "self-defense" that the P2P car rental platform model belongs to "car sharing" and is not in the scope of leasing, so it is not within the jurisdiction of the notice. Zhang Bingjun, CEO of PP Car Rental, said in an interview that because of the inevitable lag of laws and regulations, it is only through the continuous development and expansion of the P2P car rental market that “forces” the government to introduce relevant regulations.
After the PP car rental, the “New Car Rental Regulations” was released. The “Beijing Car Rental Management Measures” promulgated in 2012 is aimed at traditional car rental, while the P2P car sharing self-driving model is a new thing that emerged in 2013 and is not part of the car rental business. Category, so it is not applicable at the moment. At the same time, the PP car rental emphasizes that this is an objective interpretation of the new regulations based on the full communication with the competent authorities of the Transportation and Transportation Administration and relevant legal experts.
However, it is paradoxical that in the policy support of the PP car rental official website on the issue of "private car rental legal?", it is cited as a section of the "Beijing Car Rental Management Measures" on car sharing, and was Marked for the striking orange color.
For the PP rental car to emphasize that they are "car sharing" rather than "car rental," the car rental industry does not agree. Manager Zhao of a car rental company in Beijing has five years of experience. The P2P car rental platform like PP rental car is a concept of confusing car rental. It is a legal edge to find business opportunities. In fact, it is still illegal to use private cars to rent money. Should be within the scope of supervision of the notice.
The Beijing Youth Daily reporter called the Transportation Bureau of the Municipal Traffic Commission yesterday. The relevant person in charge said that the notice has clear regulations on the use of the Internet and mobile phone software to book a car rental and a large number of private cars for “rental operation”, but for such platforms. Whether it belongs to "car rental" is not clearly stated at the moment, and the self-interpretation of the rental platform is not answered.
The investigative reporter found through investigation that in addition to the uncertainty of the policy, the car rental platform has some other risks of property security.
Security risk parts are removed privately?
"I love to be clean, rent out the car, the renter is dirty, I have to re-wash it." "If the tenant is not good at driving, it is estimated that the money earned each month is not enough to raise the car, and the loss is also large." "The tenant opened my car and did not return it to me."... The reporter of Beiqing Daily found in the interview that even though he has joined the ranks of renting private cars, there are many safety problems for vehicles during the rental process. The owner is still worried.
PP car rental has a GPS smart box. All the owners who join the platform must install one. Through this box, the owner can check the driving track of the vehicle through the mobile phone client at any time. Mr. Liu has to look at the whereabouts of the vehicle two or three times at a time. He is also worried that someone will steal the parts in the car to sell the money.
Mr. Li’s two cars have been rented so far, and they have also encountered the situation that the tenants deliberately concealed. Mr. Li said that because of the scratches on the body, he had once had a quarrel with the tenant. The tenant insisted that the scratches existed before the car was rented. Mr. Li thought that this was a tenant’s sophistry, but because there was no evidence on both sides. So it will be gone. Now, Mr. Li will take pictures of the exterior and interior of the vehicle before each car rental.
Security risk driving to commit crimes?
At the end of last month, Mr. Liu heard that the owner’s vehicle was illegally mortgaged by the tenant, which made his nerves tighten. The PP car rental platform claims to “rigorously authenticate each registered tenant”, but the owner, Ms. Yang, is worried that the PP car rental is an ordinary civil subject, and more is a formal review, and there is no substantive review of the tenant’s identity. Conditions and abilities. In addition, if the renter uses the vehicle to engage in illegal activities, the vehicle is seized by the public security organ, and the owner of the vehicle also needs to go to the public security organ to cooperate with the investigation, which will also cause unnecessary contradictions and disputes.
Claims risk insurance companies regardless of compensation?
What if the tenant has an accident while driving? According to the PP car rental, the PP car rental platform will provide the tenant with a guaranteed amount of 1 million PP car rental insurance. It is understood that the insurance underwriters of PP car rental are PICC P&C and Huaan Insurance, and the partners of Baojia Car Rental are China Life Insurance, Ping An Insurance and Pacific Insurance. According to the PP rental car official website, "the vehicle is protected by the insurance of the owner's own insurance and the insurance partner of the PP car rental during the entire rental period."
However, there is still some doubt as to whether this insurance is really "reliable". The staff of the Ping An Auto Insurance Claims Department clearly stated to the reporter of Beiqing Daily that whether it is a leasing company or a PP car rental platform, as long as the private car is rented, it is unauthorized to change the use of the vehicle from "non-operating" to "operating". In the event of an accident, the insurance company will not make compensation. "If we later learn that the customer is deliberately concealing, then the customer still has the suspicion of fraudulent insurance."
For the insurance provided by PP car rental, yesterday afternoon, Beiqing Daily reporter called China PICC and Huaan Insurance to inquire about the insurance and payment methods provided by PP car rental. The customer service personnel of the two insurance companies all said that they did not find PP car rental. Information on the insurance provided.
In the insurance terms of the PP rental car official website, the expression “the platform assists the owner to recover from the tenant” appears from time to time. “If the assistance is not successful?” The PP car customer service staff's answer is that if there is a dispute between the owner and the tenant, the platform will first mediate, the mediation will be invalid, and the owner and tenant can resolve the dispute through litigation.
Yue Cheng, the founder of Beijing Yuecheng Law Firm, told the reporters of Beiqing Daily that if there is an accident, the owner of the car will be liable for compensation if the renter is unable to compensate. Moreover, although the platform claims that “the vehicle is rented to others for use, the user is liable for the traffic accident”, but the vehicle that has been accidentally will be greatly discounted in terms of resale and insurance, thus deriving a series of problems.
Expert opinion "car sharing" mode is the "car sharing" that car rental has repeatedly emphasized for PP car rental. Zhang Yibing, senior engineer of China Road Transport Association, told Beiqing Daily that the so-called car sharing includes two modes, one is carpooling, the other is carpooling. It is a time-sharing lease, which is a short-term self-service car rental mode. In this mode, a control system is installed on the car, which is connected to the computer and mobile phone. When the car is rented, the owner can remotely control the vehicle to open and start, and the vehicle will charge the time. In fact, the introduction of the "car sharing" mode of the PP car rental official website is in line with Zhang Yibing's second mode. "This model is also a car rental." Zhang Yibing said that the essence of P2P car rental is to recruit private cars for use. Car rental business.
Zhang Yibing analyzed that the P2P car rental mode belongs to a car rental agency. It is no problem to rent a car as a tenant of a car rental. It is obviously illegal for the owner of the car to provide a private car. In accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations, even if the self-employed households have to go to the industrial and commercial registration, they must pay taxes, and they must go to the relevant departments for the record in accordance with the car rental business. Zhang Yibing said that most of the P2P rental platform and private car owners did not record the vehicles according to the regulations. The purpose was not to engage in car rental operations according to law, but to operate illegally in the name of providing convenient car rental services without obtaining legal operating qualifications. activity.