Industry Carsharing Website [1] Founders Nic Lowe, Bruce Jeffreys | Services Carsharing Headquarters Sydney, Australia | |
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Area served Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide Key people Nic Lowe and Bruce Jeffreys Owner CarShare Australia, Archer Capital Founded 6 June 2003, Newtown, Australia Motto Why own a car when you can GoGet! | ||
How goget carshare works
GoGet CarShare is a car sharing service operating in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and Adelaide, and the first such program in Australia. GoGet was launched as Newtown CarShare on 6 June 2003 with three vehicles and twelve founding members. Following interest from the City of Darebin, the service was extended to Melbourne under the name "GoGet" in November 2004. With the growth of the service to other areas in Sydney, Newtown CarShare was renamed GoGet in May 2005.
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GoGet members choose a rate plan and pay an annual fee. Fees cover fuel, insurance, maintenance, and cleaning. The vehicles are mostly late-model hatchbacks, but also include vans, utes and premium vehicles. Each vehicle has a home location, referred to as a "pod", either in a car park or on a street, typically in a highly populated urban neighborhood. Members reserve a car by web or telephone and use a key card to access the vehicle.
GoGet is an invented word which reflects the utility you get from using, rather than owning, a car. As in 'Go get the shopping, go get the kids.'
In June 2014, GoGet had over 1300 vehicles Australia-wide.
In October 2015, GoGet had over 65,000 members, which is estimated to take 100,000 cars off the road.