Middle East Carsharing Service Adds Nissan Kicks to Fleet
Udrive, a pay-by-the-minute car rental group, has received 50 Nissan Kicks SUVs for it’s fleet in the Middle East.
Present at the handover ceremony were (left to right) Nicolas Oswald, general manager at Arabian Automobiles Company; Hasib Khan, founder and CEO of UDrive; and Charl Timms, fleet general manager at Nissan Middle East.
Photo courtesy of Nissan.
Udrive, a pay-by-the-minute car rental group, has received 50 Nissan Kicks SUVs for it’s fleet in the Middle East.
Arabian Automobiles, the flagship company of the AW Rostamani Group, and the exclusive dealer for Nissan in Dubai, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates, provided the Kicks to Udrive, according to TradeArabia News Service.
Udrive encourages commuters to carpool or utilize alternative transportation methods with the aim to decrease the number of cars on the roads, according to Albawaba Business.
Udrive has operations in the United Arab Emirates city of Sharjah, and originally launched in Dubai.
Vehicles are available 24/7 and can be rented through the Udrive app or website. Once a customer has registered for the service, the car can be unlocked through his or her smartphone.
Originally posted on Automotive Fleet
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