In order to use the car sharing service, each person must be checked against legal and insurance requirements. This is because the vehicle owner is liable for the vehicle and must ensure that only persons who are fit to drive have access to it.
Since the lessor and the lessee do not know each other personally and do not have to meet in person at the start of the rental period, it must be ensured that the vehicle is not taken over without authorisation. This means that in addition to a simple identity check, a driving licence check is also necessary. Both checks are carried out automatically with the Auto-Ident solution from PXL Vision. drivemycar relies on the co-branded version of PXL Ident, which was developed at short notice as a special two-account solution specifically for this use case. The first step is the identity check, including address verification, and the second step is the driving licence check.
The verification process as part of the initial registration usually takes about four minutes for both verifications, including the entry of personal data and the matching of email address and mobile phone number. If a user is already registered, it only takes about 30 seconds to book the desired vehicle.
The decision for PXL Vision was based on a personal recommendation. drivemycar had initially implemented Daego, the predecessor version of PXL Ident. After the launch of PXL Ident in 2022, drivemycar was one of the first customers to switch to the new solution. The collaboration between PXL Vision and drivemycar has been very productive. Metin Kabay, co-founder of drivemycar, especially appreciates the fast and uncomplicated communication with the developers of PXL Vision as well as the modular structure of PXL Ident: "If we had known about the advantages of PXL Ident before our own development phase, we would have had to programme significantly fewer modules ourselves."
Since the soft launch of the peer-to-peer system on 13 July 2023, 76 verifications have been carried out using PXL Vision's solution. The company is planning for significant growth and expects 200 verifications per vehicle. In the next 3 years, the number of vehicles is expected to increase to 500, which will lead to a significant increase in verifications.
drivemycar continues to rely on the good cooperation with PXL Vision and sees the new camera functions as a way to make the inspection even smoother. The company also plans to adopt PXL Vision's address verification, which is currently in development.
In addition, PXL Vision is not only a supplier for drivemycar, but also a partner, as PXL Vision's solutions are also integrated into the resold SaaS solutions that drivemycar makes available to other companies for their own car-sharing services. Through the multiple configuration options, drivemycar's client companies can then customise and tailor their own identity and driving licence verification.