Rent this car


LOAS’ residents are offered fully electric shared cars with automatic transmission at extremely affordable prices. You can easily book a shared vehicle directly online, and collect it from your chosen collection point when it is most suitable for you. The service is implemented in cooperation with City-Yhteisautot Oy. Cars can also be rented by non-LOAS residents. LOAS residents can also rent City-Yhteisautot Oy´s shared cars in Lahti at resident prices. You find answers to frequently asked questions related to shared cars on this page

LOAS has eight Peugeot E-208 passenger cars and two vans, Citroen E-Jumpy and Volkswagen ID. Buzz. We named our cars in honour with traditions and taking into account the suggestions of our residents: passenger cars Brian, Brita, Giorgio, Herbie, Newton, Juhis, Marie and Car McCarface; vans Pilli and Pulla. Have you spotted the colourful and unique cars in the cityscape?

Contractual prices only for LOAS’ residents: 

  • passenger car 5€/h, 30€/day (other users normal Japster prices)
  • van 15€/h, 60€/day (other users normal Japster prices)

Do as follows: 

  1. Donwload Japster App from App Store or Google Play
  2. Register and identify yourself. For registering you need a Finnish personal identity number. After that, select "My account" from Japster's menu. Enter to the community code field LOAS and your resident number written together, e.g. LOAS12345
  3. Book a car and get ready to go cruising (p.s. no keys needed, the doors can be opened from the app when the reservation starts)
  4. If necessary, take the car to the car wash at Lappeenrannan Pesuparkki free of charge. You find the wash card inside the car. Pesuparkki is located next to Prisma shopping center in Teollisuuskatu 5.
  5. In case of possible problems with the car, contact the emergency number that you can see in the reservation information in the Japster application.

NOTE! The resident number needed for signing in can be found on the intranet. Click “edit basic details” in the intranet and you will find the resident number above your own name. Convenient.

Instructions for registering

Shared cars quick guide

Instruction video on car charging

Collection points

The cars are always returned to the same parking space from which they are collected. When you pick up the car, disconnect the charging cable from the car. Hang the coiled charging cable on the hook on the charger and insert the plug into the socket on the rack. At the end of the reservation, plug in the charging cable into the car and start the charging from the Japster's app. During your reservation you can charge the car via the quick-charging socket at your own expense, e.g. at Recharge and K-lataus charging stations.

You find one car at each of the housing sites: Laserkatu 1, Korpimetsänkatu 6-8, Snellmaninkatu 13 and Punkkerikatu 7. Also one van is located in Laserkatu 1. Four passenger cars and one van are located in the city center in Anni Swanin katu 4.

Note!

The operating range of the Peugeot e-208 electric passenger car can be up to 362 km, vans Citroën ë-Jumpy electric up to 330 km and VW ID. Buzz up to 420 km. Note, however, that this is a theoretical amount, as the operating range is affected by e.g. outside temperature, driving style, load and vehicle air conditioning/heating setting.

Smoking, eating and transporting pets is prohibited in cars. A fine of 150 eur follows for failure to comply with the agreed contract terms or instructions or for a willful violation. The car may not be taken outside the borders of Finland.

In all cars there is a wash card for PesuParkki Lappeenranta. If the car gets dirty during your reservation, you are obliged to wash and vacuum the car before returning it. You can find video instructions on washing the car here.