Duducars Lets Chinese Rent Cars Conveniently

Using a RFID card to unlock cars. Credit: Duducars

Traffic and transportation are always problems in big cities in China. We recently told you about Yongche which allows folks to find so-called ‘black’ car services quickly and easily.

If you don’t like that idea, here’s another one by Duducars. It basically has a network of cars for folks who need a vehicle anytime and anywhere. These cars are owned by Duducars and thus can be tracked and detected.

Users can book the car through the website or mobile app and unlock the car using a RFID card or the iPhone app.

Duducars even went the extra mile to find out how much a driver (the person who rents cars through Duducars) can save if he/she were to use its service. Assuming 10 hours of driving time per month, it was calculated that a driver could save up to 2700 RMB (US$425) — which is quite a large sum money to an average Chinese.

Some of you guys might find this idea familiar. In fact, US-based Zipcar had a similar idea and looks to be doing pretty well. Duducars, as far as I know, is the first to try a similar model in China and it might just work out fine.