{"id":4039,"date":"2016-11-12T00:25:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-12T00:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.carro.sg\/?p=4039"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:23:57","slug":"tribecar-new-alternative-owning-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/tribecar-new-alternative-owning-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribecar: The New Alternative to Owning a Car?"},"content":{"rendered":"In recent news, ultra short-term rental company Tribecar has announced that it has increased its fleet fivefold in six months.\u00a0The firm, which prides itself as a direct competitor of car-sharing operators, charges as little as $2 an hour for renting a vehicle. It now has 120 cars - up from 23 when it began operations in March.\u00a0The small start-up also has more than 2,500 hirers, up from 210 when it started.\r\n\r\nThe company's\u00a0fleet consists of previous-generation Toyota Altis sedans, Mitsubishi Lancer sedans and Toyota Wish seven-seaters.\r\n\r\nCreated by a family which runs Malaysian conglomerate Insas, Tribecar uses a system which allows hirers to access cars with just their smartphone, bringing the convenience of hiring a car to users' fingertips.\u00a0It also offers short-term car rentals at competitive rates ranging from $2 to $6 an hour, which is much more appealing given that the flag-down fee of a normal taxi starts from $3.20.\r\n\r\nTribecar business development manager Charlene Kee has indicated that business is thriving, with 100% occupancy rates\u00a0on weekends, and 79 to 80%\u00a0on weekdays. She also notes that approximately 40% of their users utilise the cars to earn additional income through ride-hailing services such as Uber and Grab.\r\n\r\nGiven the exorbitant price tags that come along with purchasing a car, Tribecar seems like a brilliant alternative to commuting in Singapore. Although we do acknowledge that the value of ownership of a\u00a0vehicle\u00a0triumphs that of renting a car, it seems like driving in Singapore is fast becoming available to the wider public instead of solely being a luxury to those who can afford it. Additionally, with the popularity of ride-hailing locally, we are excited to see what lies in store for Tribecar with the growing demand for rental cars.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent news, ultra short-term rental company Tribecar has announced that it has increased its fleet fivefold in six months.\u00a0The firm, which prides itself as a direct competitor of car-sharing operators, charges as little as $2 an hour for renting a vehicle. It now has 120 cars &#8211; up from 23 when it began operations &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[725],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-car-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16429,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions\/16429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}