Cityhop is

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first

carsharing Carsharing or car sharing (AU, NZ, CA, TH, & US) or car clubs (UK) is a model of car rental where people rent cars for short periods of time, often by the hour. It differs from traditional car rental in that the owners of the cars are often pri ...

service operating in both

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and

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. It was founded by former Auckland City councillor

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with JUCY, a rental car and campervan company. In 2018, Cityhop has 80 vehicles and more than 3000 active drivers. It was bought by

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in November 2018 and had about 6,000 members and 120 vehicles in 2019. As of 2020 Cityhop now has over 150 cars and vans across Auckland and Wellington with over 10,000 members. Cityhop was launched in Auckland in August 2007 by Prime Minister

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and began with three cars in

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carparks. This was followed by three cars in Wellington in late 2008. Expansion to

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and Queenstown is planned. Cityhop follows traditional

principles with car bookings done online or over the phone, keyless car entry by

keycard A keycard lock is a lock operated by a keycard, a flat, rectangular plastic card. The card typically, but not always, has identical dimensions to that of a credit card or American and EU driver's license. The card stores a physical or digital ...

, and dedicated carshare parking spaces for each vehicle. Users pay an annual fee and cars are available by an hourly rate which includes petrol, insurance, maintenance, and cleaning. Most vehicles are late model hatchbacks or sedans and each car is located in an onstreet carpark or offstreet carpark in a highly populated part of the CBD or city fringe. Cityhop has partnered with

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to provide carshare carparks on service station forecourts.Kicking the Car Habit
Z Energy.

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Cityhop Website
{{Vehicle rental brands Carsharing Companies based in Auckland Transport in Auckland Transport in Wellington

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