Research Article

The Impact of Car-Sharing on the Willingness to Postpone a Car Purchase: A Case Study in Hangzhou, China

Table 1

Data frame of rental data.

Rental Data

ColumnData typeExplanation

ORDERIDCHARIdentification of one rent process, unique
SERVICE STATIONVARCHARPosition of service station that car was rented at
CARTYPEVARCHARDifferent type of car has different charging standard
CARNUMBERVARCHARLicense plate number of car
PHONE NUMBERCHARPhone number of member
START_TIMEDATETIMETime member picks the car
END_TIMEDATETIMETime member returns the car
DRIVING DISTANCEFLOATDistance of car movement
PAYMENTFLOATThe amount of money that member has paid
RADIUSFLOATThe maximal distance between every single data point and service station
DURATIONDATETIMEThe duration time of rental
ACTIVE MEMBERINT1=“active member”; 0=“inactive member”