Car Rental Glossary
Security deposit, deductible, damage inspection, keyless handover and car subscription: what the terms mean when you rent a car, and how it works with us.
Car Rental Security Deposit (Kaution)
What a car rental security deposit is: why rental companies hold an amount on your card, what that means for your card limit and debit cards, and how renting without a card hold works.
Car subscription: what it is and how it differs from renting
A car subscription is a car you use for a fixed monthly fee. Unlike a rental, you commit for months, not for hours or days.
Deductible in Damage Protection (Selbstbehalt)
What a car rental deductible (excess) is: the most you pay if the car is damaged. How deductible tiers work and which three DRAIV offers.
Digital Handover & Damage Inspection Protocol
What a digital handover protocol is: timestamped photos record a rental car's condition at pickup and return, together with mileage and fuel level. How the walk-around works in an app.
Keyless Handover
What a keyless handover is: you unlock, drive and lock a rental or shared car with an app, with no key and no desk. How digital access works technically.
Fleet and tech terms
- Ancillary Revenue (Hotel mobility)
- CAN Bus Vehicle Interface
- Corporate Carsharing (Business Fleet Sharing)
- Dynamic Pricing in Car Rental
- Fleet Telematics
- Fleet Utilization (Fleet Utilization Rate)
- Free-Floating Carsharing
- Geofencing in Fleet Management
- Last-Mile Mobility
- Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS)
- OBD-II Telematics (On-Board Diagnostics)
- Phone-as-a-Key (PaaK / Digital Car Key)
- Residual Value Risk in Vehicle Fleets
- Station-Based Carsharing
- TCO (Total Cost of Ownership in Mobility)
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