Modern car rental regulations for increased car sharing

Purpose and goal:

Car rental regulations regulate professional car rental, while private car sharing remains unregulated in Sweden. We aim to modernize the regulatory framework in collaboration with a wide range of relevant stakeholders. Our goals are to improve the accessibility of shared cars, even in areas where they are currently lacking, and to reduce the need for car ownership (and lower parking requirements). At the same time, it is crucial to ensure a serious and secure market for shared vehicles.

Expected results and effects: The project contributes to the following effects and results:

- increase the amount of shared vehicles and thereby increase the utilization rate of vehicle fleets through a broader and more accurate regulatory framework

- create greater security for individuals by removing regulatory challenges that exists for an active sharing private person

- develop a structure and principles for a more modern regulatory framework that facilitates sharing services, which in turn lead to a more efficient use of vehicles, street space and increased accessibility to modern vehicles Approach and implementation:

The project addresses these issues through a policy lab approach involving various stakeholders. Besides this, the government granted Skövdebostäder an exemption from the car rental regulation. We will now test the situation where a housing company shares a number of its vehicles with tenants through a platform operator in a combined car pool with the tenants´ own vehicles.

We test new business models and assess the potential, opportunities, risks, and challenges associated with compined car pooles.