Configurable rental vehicle

摘要

A method of vehicle rental permitting soft-configuration, by providing a rental vehicle (100) having a range of optional infotainment and safety assistance features available which can be activated or deactivated through wireless software configuration. Additional features can be purchased and activated on-the-move; that is, after a customer (300) has paid for an initial set of features and started to use the vehicle, further features can be both paid for and activated wirelessly. The vehicle picking and configuration process is automated by generating a configuration message at a rental centre (200) and transmitting this wirelessly to the destination vehicle, taking advantage of the vehicle's soft configuration flexibility.