It’s convenient to take a taxi, but not particularly efficient, as usually there is only one passenger in the car. This can be improved, thought the founders of CleverShuttle, and they combined a door-to-door transport service with the RideSharing principle. They rely on an environment-friendly vehicle fleet consisting of electric cars and plugin hybrids. Users can book the service conveniently via an app. An optimisation algorithm puts passengers with similar routes into car pools enabling the vehicles to be utilized better than is currently the case with taxis. Thanks to intelligent route planning, a shared ride lasts only a little longer than a direct one and is significantly less expensive.
Due to the sophisticated algorithm and the high vehicle utilization, there is hardly any unnecessary driving and few empty runs. In combination with the cars’ alternative drive system, the Berlin start-up expands the urban mobility offers adding a clever, environmentally conscious and inexpensive alternative.