Take a ride on the new car sharing program at Auburn.
WeCar by Enterprise is an automated, membership-based car rental program.
"All you need is a valid driver's license and credit card," said Amy Cook, senior in marketing and WeCar brand ambassador at Auburn.
WeCar was brought to Auburn's this semester and currently has two Ford Focuses on campus.
One is in the Quad, and the other is at the Village in front of Magnolia Hall.
"Auburn is partnering with WeCar because there was a big need on campus for freshmen who don't have cars and international students as well," Cook said. "So they were seeking out a company like this and that's how WeCar got brought to campus."
Katelynn Randall, junior in sociology, said she had to share a car with her sister during her freshman year.
"I only had the car on the weekends," Randall said. "If I needed to go somewhere I would have to call someone and inconvenience them."
Students, faculty and staff may register at WeCar.com/Auburn.
After registering, applicants will receive a membership card in the mail. With the card, they may go online and register for a time slot to use the car. There is a detector in the front window of each car that responds to the card of the person with the allotted time slot.
"If you sign up at 3 you can't show up at 2:30 because the car isn't going to respond to your card yet," Cook said. "Once you swipe into the detector in the front window, the key is located in the glove box and it's on with a magnet. And from there you use the key like normal."
There are several pricing options for renting the car. It is $8 per hour on weekdays and $8.50 on the weekends. For an entire day, it costs users $56 and $35 to keep the car overnight.
"It's very affordable transportation, Cook said. "It's convenient."
The alternative pricing is $3.75 per hour and $0.25 per mile.
"It depends on how far you're going to go," Cook said. "If not far, you should probably pay the lower plan."
A maximum of 60 members are allowed per car, Cook said. Once the 120 member limit has been reached, another car will be brought to campus. There are currently seven members.
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