August 9, 2006
Hertz Trial Uses RFID Cards Instead of Keys
A rental facility in Nice, France, is testing how the technology might make renting a car faster and easier. RFID Journal reports.
"Sixty specially selected Hertz customers are using RFID-enabled frequent-user cards to speed up their car rentals at Nice Côte d'Azur Airport in France. The service is part of a trial to test how RFID might make the process of renting a car faster and more convenient.
The trial involves 10 specially equipped Renault Mégane cars. It will run for six months and is due to end in October".
"Instead of stopping at a counter, a customer looks at the display board to learn the location of the rental car, then goes straight to the car and places an RFID-enabled Hertz Accessplus Next Generation membership card within a few inches of the windscreen’s RFID interrogator antenna. The interrogator reads the unique ID number stored on the card. ... "
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