With around 3,000 cars available in 650 German cities is tamyca Germany's largest private carsharing platform. The online service provides
Individuals a low-cost alternative to traditional car rental companies and commercial car-sharing services.
tamyca (abbr. "take my car") offers car owners the chance to upload their rare or not used vehicle to a platform with a few clicks and thus making it accessible to people without cars. After the free registration, the car is
simply listed with pictures and general information (brand, model, etc.) and can be immediately found by potential tenants. Owner get financial support for the running costs of the car and car-less users are mobile in
no time.
Thus in case of an accident, all parties have optimum coverage, mediated by tamyca in cooperation with the R+V insurance automatically for any rent concerning liability, fully comprehensive, and
embezzlement insurance and a protection plan. The price of the insurance package is thereby factored directly to the set by the proprietor 4-hourly, daily or weekend rate, so that
the costs for tenants are always transparent.
The payment for the rented car settle tenants in advance either by credit card, direct debit, bank transfer or via a Paypal account. The complete payment process runs via tamyca. So
both parties are completely hedged. If a lease is concluded, the key handover between tenant and landlord will be held personally. The tamyca handover protocol keeps doing the
Key information about tank, previous damage and contact firmly and is signed by both parties. The complete service uses an innovative iPhone and Android App.
Unlike traditional car rental companies and commercial car sharing services, which rely on a fleet, the tamyca concept helps to utilize unused resources better and makes the
driving particularly in urban areas more sustainable. In addition, interested users can participate in the program "Plant-a-Tree", wherein each in cooperation with Prima-Climate e.V. 0.3 cents per
kilometer supports the restoration of the African bush vegetation.
The tamyca project - take my car was born in June 2010 at the event 3-Day Startup at RWTH Aachen. During the event 40 founding enthusiastic people were blocked for 3 days in a building, supplied with caffeine and
food, so that at the end of the last day business ideas and prototypes can be presented to investors. Inspired by the American company
Rent-a-Wreck and the company Car2Go, then still in the pilot phase, the idea was created making insufficient underutilized vehicles accessible via smartphone, a car rental
to operate without an own fleet and the associated capital costs. 03/13
