Movacar

What Movacar is and who it suits

Movacar is an Android app from Target Mobility GmbH that offers one-way vehicle transfers: trips that rental companies need in order to move cars from one location to another. The listing presents these trips as cheap travel at €1 each, and says a ride can be taken by you and your friends together.

The listing names two kinds of traveller it has in mind: people planning a cheap city break, and people planning a short holiday in Europe.

Why a transfer ride costs €1

According to the listing, car rental companies move thousands of vehicles every day so their fleet is spread across the right locations. Movacar offers some of those moves to the public as rides, so a transfer ride is a trip on a vehicle that is already heading somewhere.

The listing gives the price for the person taking the ride as €1.

Vehicle types: cars, vans, campers and e-cars

The listing names four kinds of vehicle on offer: cars, vans, campers and electric cars. It says the vehicles change daily, so what is available on one day can differ from the next.

Routes within Germany and across Europe

Transfer routes run within Germany and across Europe, according to the listing. Both a short city break and a longer European holiday fall within the routes the developer describes.

Which routes are open depends on where rental fleets need vehicles moved.

Signing up and taking a ride

The listing says you sign up in the Movacar app before you can take a ride. After that, you look for an available transfer on a route you want and take it for €1.