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Mobility company DRIVALIA launches new leasing service for UK fleets
DRIVALIA has leapt onto the European stage and enjoyed strong growth, achieved by building the platform from a ‘what do customers need?’ perspective.
Expanding its existing European operations and service capability into the UK, DRIVALIA – backed by FCA Bank Group and Credit-Agricole – already offers fleets an extensive portfolio of fleet services, and its all-new leasing service, set to launch in February, will enhance the company’s product offering further still.
DRIVALIA’s European footprint is significant, operating over 55,000 vehicles, and it is now active in 7 European countries: United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and Greece. With over 650 electrified Mobility Stores in Europe, and over 1,600 fully-owned charging stations on the continent, DRIVALIA is also a pioneer in electric mobility.
Tailored to the UK market...
In the UK, DRIVALIA is already providing customers with short-term rental services, boasting a fleet of 2,500 vehicles, which will double in size this year, across more than 20 locations nationwide and offering a high-quality, low-cost car rental experience with friendly service. As part of DRIVALIA’s expansion in 2023, the short-term rental fleet is set to double in size, providing greater accessibility for customers and reflecting the desire for increased flexibility.
DRIVALIA’s short-term rental services incorporate Contactless rental – with online booking, no queues and 100% contactless key collection from secure smart boxes; Van rental – providing the right rental van for every need at great prices; and DRIVALIA’s vehicle subscription-based service – allowing customers to drive whenever and wherever they want.
DRIVALIA is also committed to the electrification of its fleet and proudly offers four rental locations that offer a great range of electric vehicles. With each electric car rental, a charging card is provided, which may be used to charge the EV at any of the 3,000+ charging stations across Europe.
Longer term mobility solutions...
The all-new leasing platform – providing a traditional B2B contract hire leasing service from February 2023 onwards – will help DRIVALIA offer a completely proprietary product portfolio to fleets, ensuring excellent customer service and peace of mind, compared to the more common ‘outsource’ approach. The insourcing of DRIVALIA’s fleet means the ability to provide an extremely dynamic offering, ensuring the right vehicle for corporate customers can be supplied quickly, and at a competitive price. DRIVALIA’s ‘My Car’ will also provide the same flexible leasing service B2C, direct to consumers.
Supporting its all-new leasing service, DRIVALIA’s ‘Partners’ channel provides brokers with a leasing platform with expanding added-value products that will help meet the growing needs of the driver community.
“We enter the UK space with multiple routes to market, built on huge European heritage, enabling us to immediately meet the needs of all customers”
Duncan Green, responsible for the launch and management of the Drivalia Lease channel
Furthering the holistic approach to mobility, DRIVALIA serves the retail market, offering flexible vehicle finance for new and used vehicles via both OEM and non-franchised dealer networks.
In short, DRIVALIA wants to represent the “Planet of Mobility” of the future, creating a frictionless and centralised solution for fleets, exceeding the constraints of simply providing contract hire. This means providing its customers with the widest range of mobility solutions: from car subscriptions, passing through short-, medium- and long-term rental.
Commenting on the new leasing service, Duncan Green, responsible for the launch and management of the Drivalia Lease channel, said: “We enter the UK space with multiple routes to market, built on huge European heritage, enabling us to immediately meet the needs of all customers. In-house, Short-term Rental and Subscription channels operating hand in glove with our B2B Leasing and Broker channels, provide an incredibly supple asset platform to meet the growing and evolving mobility demand in the UK.”