Yourdrive was a New Zealand

peer-to-peer carsharing Peer-to-peer carsharing (also known as person-to-person carsharing and peer-to-peer car rental) is the process whereby existing car owners make their vehicles available for others to rent for short periods of time. The concept Peer-to-peer carsha ...

company. Prior to ceasing operations it facilitated a system in which individuals could rent their privately owned vehicles on an hourly, daily or weekly basis to other registered users of the service. Owners set their rental prices and earn a 60 percent commission from the rental revenue. Prior to going out of business it operated throughout New Zealand with vehicles in

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, Queenstown and

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. New Zealand rental car firm JUCY purchased 50% of the company in 2016 Peer-to-peer carsharing is an example of

collaborative consumption Collaborative consumption is the set of those resource circulation systems in which consumers both "obtain" and "provide", temporarily or permanently, valuable resources or services through direct interaction with other consumers or through a m ...

, where assets and skills are shared or traded between neighbours for sustainability and economic benefit. Although car sharing is relatively new in New Zealand it is an area that is being encouraged due to the environmental and economic benefits.

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is promoting a scheme that would drastically increase the number of car sharing vehicles. In March 2020 Yourdrive announced that it had ceased all operations due to lack of revenue.

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{{Vehicle rental brands Transport companies established in 2014 Carsharing Companies based in Auckland Peer-to-peer Online marketplaces of New Zealand

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