the ROME – The Covid-19 has changed the order of our priorities. And between these does not appear, certainly, the purchase of a new car. This is confirmed by the latest estimates released by IHS, Markit, after the extension of the “red zone” to the whole of Italy predict that this year the sales of new cars in our Country will experience a splash of 14.4%, falling to just 1.8 million units.
An increase of about 5.5% is expected for 2021, with a volume, however, is that it will stop at 1.9 million vehicles, the same level it reached in 2015-2016. To overcome the barrier of 2 million units instead, wait until 2022.
in Short, an apocalypse announced that it will hit heavily the rental, one of the leading sectors for the car market in Italy. According to Aniasa, the member association of Confindustria that represents the sector, the fall greater the will the short-term rental, ‘that on the average all over Italy are registering a decrease of 80%’, linked above all to the collapse of the flow of tourists and foreign workers in Italy. This situation ‘has led in the last weeks also a strong decrease in the demands of cars FREE NOW (ex mytaxi), which amounted to -are know by the company – around 60%’. The reflections of the crisis Covid-19 you start to see also in the long-term rental, ‘with a slow – accurate Aniasa – of the new orders and business customers, in the maturity of the contract, which prefer to extend the contract in being, rather than such contracts proposed a new one’.
And the wave of panic unleashed by the Coronavirus has not spared even the highly popular car-sharing, a symbol of the new mobility of the future. ‘Up to last Saturday – says Aniasa – it is assumed that a generalised slowdown in the business of 30%. But after the measures of extension of the red zone the whole of Italy the situation is further worsening’. It is true that a shared car, compared to public transport, has the advantage that it can be used individually, and then without being in proximity with other users, but the main problem lies in the hygiene of the surfaces of the cars. Share Now, for example, the service of car sharing Daimler and Bmw, in these last days he has communicated to customers that all vehicles, not only in Italy but also in other european markets, are regularly disinfected with specific products in addition to regular cleaning, in particular the steering wheel, the dashboard and the gear lever. There is, however, even those who do not limited to enable exceptional measures of sanitation, but has decided to change the service in the light of the new challenges launched by the Covid-19. Sharengo, car sharing, electric everything, has announced the launch shortly of a new mobility service ‘that will allow you to get around the city without running risks, and in total autonomy: a car disinfected with a disinfection gel on board, electric, for personal use and dedicated. The user – specifies the company – will no longer pay a per minute cost, as in the cars sharing that we know, but will sign a form of subscription monthly with the possibility to choose different options of time and rates available. The Sharengo dedicated to this service will have a livery that is recognizable and different from those in car-sharing’. Initially the experimentation will start on Florence and then spread to Rome and Milan. ‘It is our intention – says the general director of Sharengo Emiliano Niccolai – diversify and make more accessible to users mobility patterns that differ from the rental per minute typical of car-sharing here experienced, the Covid-19 is forcing us to rethink our way of life, work, and even move us to these new requirements, we want to give new answers.’
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