There are accusations of rental cars in Portugal industry association
Rental car rental Portugal from an industry association report, ARAC (Association for Rent a Car without a Driver). In 2012, the peak of the vehicle fleet in Portugal, New Year 19 years, which means the offer of an offer of 125 thousand units, New Year, in Portugal, in 20 thousand vehicles. will be lower than the demand for vehicles.
“Last year there was a decline by companies in the number of vehicles acquired and significant rent-a-cargo” in association – especially 2019 (the year before the pandemic crisis), this is because the association before the pandemic crisis Producers of automakers are far from pre-pandemic levels.
The most designated regions are the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores, followed by the Algarve, Porto and Lisbon. The reasons for the gap in the market are multifaceted and, unfortunately, timed: in addition to the increase in demand, there is legislation in Portugal that obliges companies not to offer vehicles that are more than 5 years old. Automotive production chains have a global semiconductor crisis.
The location of car fleets has been hampered because of the factors. In response, the deputies of the Regional Parliament of the Azores contracted a transitional regime that will allow vehicle companies to use vehicles, until December 2024.
“[Com a pandemia do Covid-19] companies forced to sell a large part of their fleet, seeking to minimize costs. With a current problem of recovery of distribution and supply chains, there is a lot of difficulty in replacing a fleet”, illustrated by the Regional Secretary of Tourism of the Azores, Berta Cabral, quoted by ‘The Portugal News’.
“As they continue to have the semiconductor factory so that vehicles are in short supply, there are currently in the manufacturers that are being incorporated alert to those currently parked waiting for the supply of semiconductors so that they can be delivered”, the ARAC, or that manufacturers are giving us “priority to the most profitable sales channels”, which means that “the most powerful channel in this situation” is car rental.
Therefore, the association appeals to manufacturers not to forget the “determining contribution of car rental companies for several years to the sector”.