The internet showed us a direct illustration of the ongoing globalization that has brought many advantages to make our lives easier. Smartphones and personal computers became tools to make us more productive within a limited time. Surprisingly it also changed the way people own or use other devices related to the pre-internet era. It’s very noticeable looking at cars, bikes or other electronic devices.
Carsharing is made for millennials
Everyone must have seen some sort of bookable cars in their local town. Those cars are easy to book and budget friendly for a short drive to the supermarket.
The concept of carsharing is a new phenomenon linked to the idea of creating new ways of transportation and is also a moving trend into not owning things that you don’t use every hour of your life.
It’s a popular idea mostly understood by the millennials of this world. Why should anyone own a 30,000$+ car which they only use a few hours within a week and create more environmental damages because of the production? That would not make sense and especially hurt wallets because of the limited budget millennials most likely have.
Users of carsharing apps don’t pay for insurance, taxes or even gas since a credit card is most likely placed in the storage department of the front passenger seat.
The cost of one session comes down to the miles and/or minutes driven with the car. The design of price models depend on states or countries and can fluctuate based on the usage of the service or the time of the day.
It’s mostly cheap for people who usually drive via public transportation and sometimes are in need of a car for short distances. That means its perfect for millennials.
Rent a phone
Not only cars can be a high priced product for some people. Smartphones or other electronic devices became very expensive over the past years and the need of new ways to finance these products came along.
The new trend for those situations seems to be the concept of renting the devices you need in your live for a short period of time. Rentable things could be smartphones or watches, big cameras setups or drones.
The duration of the contract could be a month or even a year long. It sounds nice but also has a catch to it: These services are surprisingly very expensive for everyone including millennials.
That is why this concept didn’t take of like the carsharing model did within bigger cities. At least for now.
That could of course change in the future if prices start to drop.
Used devices can most likely be refurbished and used again by other users with less professional needs.
Future concepts lean towards sharing
It’s nice to think that a Mercedes car could be drivable for someone that does not have 60,000$ in hand to buy one right of the dealer or use a flagship phone without having to think about depreciation. But that seems to be one of the less relevant reasons for not having to own things in the future and start using sharing services.
First: Money is something hard and rough to earn. Rents rise in every developed city all around the world. Millennials are earning less money that the prior youth did.
Second: The environment needs to be minded. We don’t need to manufacture a car that is only doing to be used for 2 hours of a day and sit the rest of the daytime on a parking-lot.
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