Carzonrent India Private Limited (CIPL), better known as Carzonrent is an Indian car-rental company. The company is headquartered in

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, India. Carzonrent was founded by Rajiv Kumar Vij in 2000. In 2001, Carzonrent won the exclusive franchisee rights for the American car rental firm Hertz International in India.

History

Carzonrent was founded by Rajiv Kumar Vij in the year 2000 in New Delhi. The company offered chauffeur driven cars on hire, primarily to corporate clients. Hertz awarded the exclusive franchisee rights for India to Carzonrent in 2001, leasing out 50 cars to the company which were plied chauffeur driven basis. In 2005, Hertz scaled its presence to 750 cars and commenced leasing services to corporate clients. In 2006, Carzonrent launched its radio taxi service EasyCabs in the New Delhi, making it the first Indian company to offer car leasing and taxi services. The company commenced self-drive car rental service Myles in late 2013, almost one year after

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launched as the first self-drive car rental company in India.

Partnerships

In June 2015, Carzonrent's radio taxi service EasyCabs associated with the

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is an Indian public sector undertaking that provides ticketing, catering, and tourism services for the Indian Railways. It was initially wholly owned by the Government of India and operated ...

(

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) to provide cab services to railway passengers. Customers can pre-book an EasyCab while booking railway tickets on IRCTC's. The service is currently available only at the New Delhi Railway Station.

Competition

Carzonrent competes with companies like

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Uber Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber), based in San Francisco, provides mobility as a service, ride-hailing (allowing users to book a car and driver to transport them in a way similar to a taxi), food delivery (Uber Eats and Postmates), package ...

and

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in the cab segment. In the self-drive car rental segment, the company competes with

Revv Cars Revv Cars is an Indian self-drive mobility start up funded by Hyundai and others. The company was founded by Anupam Agarwal and Karan Jain in July 2015 and started its operation in Delhi- NCR. Through Revv, customers can rent a car up to a period ...

and Drivezy.

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