Zen Car
Zen Car was a Brussels-based electric car-sharing service founded in 2010 and shut down in December 2020.
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Overview
Zen Car was a Belgian electric car-sharing company founded in Brussels in 2010. It operated a fleet of battery-electric and range-extended vehicles, including the Tazzari Zero, Mitsubishi iMiEV, Renault ZOE, Renault Kangoo Z.E. and BMW i3 with Range Extender (Rex). The service was aimed at urban users in Brussels who needed occasional access to a car without owning one, following the station-based car-sharing model. To make the service more practical, Zen Car established partnerships with parking operator Interparking, giving its customers free access to participating car parks and to the charging points located there, and with charging network Blue Corner, giving customers free access to Blue Corner's Belgian charging stations. These partnerships were intended to reduce the friction of charging and parking for members. Despite these arrangements, the company never achieved sufficient scale or commercial traction. According to Dutch-language Wikipedia, Zen Car 'never really got off the ground.' Its operations were definitively stopped in December 2020, and its official website, zencar.eu, is no longer active. The brand is therefore best understood as an early, small-scale European electric car-sharing venture that did not survive the consolidation of the sector.
History
Zen Car was founded in Brussels in 2010 as an electric car-sharing company. It rented electric cars in Brussels under a car-sharing system, allowing members to use vehicles on a short-term basis rather than owning them. The fleet included several models of the period: the Tazzari Zero, Mitsubishi iMiEV, Renault ZOE, Renault Kangoo Z.E. and BMW i3 with Range Extender (Rex). The company sought to overcome two common barriers to electric car sharing: parking and charging. It concluded a cooperation agreement with the parking company Interparking, giving Zen Car customers free access to its car parks as well as access to the charging points in those car parks. It also cooperated with Blue Corner, giving its customers free access to that provider's Belgian charging stations. Despite these partnerships, the business did not gain significant traction. Dutch-language Wikipedia states that the company 'never really got off the ground.' In December 2020, its activities were definitively stopped. The official website, zencar.eu, is no longer active. The domain has since been repurposed and, as of the evidence available, hosts unrelated content about an online casino, which is not connected to the original Zen Car car-sharing brand.
- 2020
Activities definitively stopped in December 2020.
- 2010
Zen Car founded in Brussels as an electric car-sharing company.
Products and positioning
Urban electric car sharing in Brussels, with partner-enabled free parking and charging access.
Electric car-sharing service
Short-term rental of electric vehicles in Brussels under a car-sharing model.
Tazzari Zero
Compact electric vehicle used in the Zen Car fleet.
Mitsubishi iMiEV
Electric vehicle used in the Zen Car fleet.
Renault ZOE
Electric vehicle used in the Zen Car fleet.
Renault Kangoo Z.E.
Electric vehicle used in the Zen Car fleet.
BMW i3 with Range Extender (Rex)
Range-extended electric vehicle used in the Zen Car fleet.
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