MG weighs up car sharing opportunities in the UK

MG has acquired a car or truck-sharing business and plans to start an presenting this calendar year, as it seeks to diversify beyond the traditional automobile retail structure.

MG Uk business director Dude Pigounakis stated that the information are nevertheless being finalised but that the undertaking is unlikely to be branded as MG.

He said the scheme would be a organic dwelling for the 3 supermini, presently the the very least well known product in MG’s line-up, as vehicle sharing very best fits urban spots and therefore scaled-down cars and trucks.

“We are just likely by means of the acquisition at the second and are seeking at programme possibilities,” explained Pigounakis.

“We now have a significant auto-sharing enterprise in China. We see motor vehicle sharing taking part in effectively into A-section cars, which are more well-liked in significant metropolitan regions.

“It will work specially nicely for some public-sector organisations and providers who have a large range of end users who don’t essentially need to have a firm automobile 24/7.

“There’s an opportunity there. You could have a fleet spanning the design variety and use the motor vehicle that is most suited to your requirements.”

Pigounakis flagged the shrinking selection of vehicles sold throughout the marketplace and the need to have to search at other avenues, regardless of MG’s recent good results.

“A ton of that shrinking quantity is down to Covid, but it will be appealing to see whether or not the industry ever will come fully back,” he mentioned.

The ZS EV is at present component of the fleet of leading automobile-sharing company Zipcar.