In recent days, the localization of car sharing has been actively discussed in Russia. According to the head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Anton Alikhanov, this service sector should follow the example of taxis.
I would like to thank my colleagues from the Federation Council for the proposal on the draft law on taxis. And I know that you voiced a similar initiative at a recent meeting with the Prime Minister regarding the extension of this bill to the car sharing market.
He stated that the ministry would actively support such a proposal.
Auto journalist Maxim Kadakov commented on this initiative. According to him, car sharing and taxis are completely different areas, both in terms of the size of the car fleet and in terms of legal aspects. He stressed that for the full functioning of car sharing in the country, it is necessary to put into operation from 10 thousand to 15 thousand new cars annually.
New cars are no longer so willingly purchased for car sharing. Because it's expensive. And leasing is expensive. They hold on until the last.
He recalled that car sharing companies work in close cooperation with local authorities, who can offer various benefits. Among them, for example, free parking. Kadakov emphasizes that the new federal requirements, if adopted, will significantly complicate these relations. Car sharing companies will be forced to comply with the rules for localizing the car fleet, which may lead to additional costs and complicate business operations. And that means it will affect prices.
By the way, you can recall that car sharing is just a per-minute rental. If you rename it to "minute rental", then, apparently, you can avoid localization requirements. Or not?
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