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Charter Drive - Swipe into sustainability

Running a company fleet involves a number of hassles, headaches and overheads. There are lease costs, parking costs, sky rocketing fuel expenses, fringe benefit taxes, maintenance and registration fees-not to mention the guilty eco-conscience of adding more carbon emissions to our hurting atmosphere.

Charter Drive is the key (or more accurately, the swipe card) to a greener transport solution. A dynamic corporate Car Sharing service, Charter Drive offers CBD businesses a cost effective, seamless and simple way to get to and from meetings. And by "cost effective", we're talking about significant savings of up to 70% less than the cost of a cab and considerably less than operating one's own pooled cars. For the same cost as one CBD parking bay, businesses can drive their staff with Charter Drive for up to 4 hours every working day!

Members pay an hourly rate that starts at $3.30 an hour and mileage of $0.33 a kilometre. Most importantly, the rate is all inclusive. There are no fuel charges, no insurance premiums, no registration, cleaning or repair fees-Charter Drive even pays for the reserved parking space! It is an economically viable and smart option for any company, reducing overall costs while providing reliable ‘round the clock' transportation for its staff.
The process is simple. Vehicles are booked online or by phone. Charter Drive's pay-as-you-go fleet is stationed at convenient pick-up and drop-off points across the CBD areas of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, so the confirmed car is just a short stroll away. A member swipe card gives you access to the vehicle-and you're on your way!

Reduce your emissions

Charter Drive provides a clear simple direction to address the growing environmental problems we face today. With ever increasing population growth and rapidly depleting resources, smart conservation is vital to sustain the modern lifestyle.

Ideas like car sharing are the perfect kick start to a more eco-conscious state of mind: we can maximise our resources by reducing unnecessary consumption and production, such as reducing the size of a company fleet.

One Charter Drive vehicle in a bustling CBD hub is shared by up to 20 drivers. In addition to fostering a sense of community, Charter Drive encourages its member companies to think and act sustainably, one card swipe at a time.

Charter Drive: Turning the Concept of a Company Car on its Head