"From next week on, we start to get cars avilable and I do know the bigger fleeted companies have got many, many more cars than what we've got. "Just when they're getting their head above water they're farming off perhaps some opposition cars out there that the industry just doesn't need," he said.
Mr Powell said the timing of the incentive was "a bit off" as hire car companies were starting to have cars available. Mr Davies said the risk of using the platform was low as the company's insurance covered vehicles while they were rented out.īut Vince Powell from Tassie Car Rentals said the rental car industry was "rightly highly regulated" and said it was risky to hire cars through private operators. Will Davies from Car Next Door hopes the plan will encourage people to hire out their vehicles. "Next summer we're going to have a bumper tourist season hopefully, so we're going to want to make sure that have as many cars in the fleet as they possibly can," he said. Mr Martin said the program would also help the industry plan for the state's peak tourism season during the summer months. "At the moment, the market is just so tough to get more cars that we basically have to be quite innovative and practical about how we support to increase their fleet," he said. Mr Martin said the program would serve as an interim solution for car hire companies that wanted to grow their business but were currently restricted by a shortage of cars available for purchase in Australia. "Any incentive to support the rental car companies to get their fleets back up and to be able to purchase cars retail, which is always more expensive, will ultimately just make it easier for visitors to get into the state and spend some money." "It's been a real challenge for a lot of visitors over the last six months wanting to come to Tassie to get affordable and easily accessible rental cars. "The shortage in hire cars has really been a thorn in our foot since the border restrictions were lifted," he said. Luke Martin from the Tourism Industry Council of Tasmania said the announcement was a sensible response to the issue. Tourism Council head Luke Martin has welcomed the move. In Tasmania, private vehicles can only be legally rented out by hire companies and car sharing platforms Car Next Door and Evee. "By getting more cars on the road our visitors can explore our regions and the special experiences we have to offer, which is just what they come here for," Mr Gutwein said.
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Mr Gutwein said the $1,000 grant would cover the upfront costs of the MAIB Class 8 registration of a vehicle, which allowed a motor vehicle registered in Tasmania to be used as a hire vehicle.
"With more than 5,100 hire cars already available in Tasmania, this $1 million program has the potential to get another 1,000 cars on our roads available for hire."
"These grants will help hire car operators re-establish their vehicle fleets in Tasmania following the COVID-19 downturn in activity and will also provide an incentive for private vehicle owners to sign up to accredited car-sharing platforms." "What we've heard is that following COVID-19 many visitors to our state struggle to access hire cars easily and at an affordable cost," he said. Many car rental companies offloaded their fleets when the pandemic shut down travel.
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