CAR RENTAL AND MOBILITY TECH GLOSSARY

Here at Car Rental Gateway, we gather and share knowledge about car rental terminology, as well as words and phrases from the wider mobility world. Our goal is to make everything clear and easy to understand. Have a read, share with others, and send us your feedback to help make communication even smoother!

CAR RENTAL AND MOBILITY TECH GLOSSARY

Here at Car Rental Gateway, we gather and share knowledge about car rental terminology, as well as words and phrases from the wider mobility world. Our goal is to make everything clear and easy to understand. Have a read, share with others, and send us your feedback to help make communication even smoother!

Most popular terms

A
A-pillar trim
ACRISS car codes
ACRISS location indicators
Act of God
Adaptive cruise control (ACC)
Additional driver
Address data
Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS)
Affiliate
Agile software development
Air compressor
Airport fee
Allocated availability
Alloy rim
Android Auto
Angel investor
AngularJS
Annual recurring revenue (ARR)
Anti-theft bolts
APAC
Apple CarPlay
Application programming interface (API)
Association of Car Rental Industry System Standards (ACRISS)
Attribute Protocol (ATT)
Authorised driver
Automatic emergency braking system (AEB)
Autonomous mobility-on-demand (AMoD)
Auxiliary battery
Availability request
B
B-pillar trim
Backend
Battery electric vehicle (BEV)
Battery swapping station
bCall
Bidirectional charging
Bike-sharing system
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
Bonnet
Booking status
Booster cushion
Boot floor
Boot lid
Boot trim
Bootstrapping
Bounce rate
Bumper
Bumper skirt
Business intelligence tools (BI tools)
Business performance monitor (BPM)
Business travel
Business-to-business (B2B)
Business-to-consumer (B2C)
C
C-pillar trim
Call centre
Cancellation rate
Canonicalisation
Car boot mat
Car category
Car cloud
Car data API
Car dongle
Car door trim, exterior
Car door trim, interior
Car emblem
Car jack kit
Car multimedia screen
Car rental broker
Car Rental Gateway
Car Rental Gateway's Office interface
Car sharing
Car type
Cargo cover
Carpet car mat
Ceiling lights
Ceiling trim
Central armrest
Central cup holder
Centre console control buttons
Chargeback rate
Chauffeur
Check-in
Check-out
Child booster seat
Churn rate
City location
Click-through rate (CTR)
Collision damage waiver (CDW)
Commission
Comparison site
Complete streets
Compound annual growth rate (CAGR)
Compressed natural gas (CNG)
Connected car
Connected person
Contactless rental
Content management
Continental
Continuous deployment
Controller Area Network (CAN bus)
Conversion rate
Cron
Cross-border driving
Customer acquisition cost (CAC)
Customer lifetime value (CLV)
Customer relationship management (CRM)
Customer retention
Customer verification
D
Damage rate table
Dart
Dashboard
Dashboard trim
Deep linking
Delivery and collection
Demand responsive public transport (DRPT)
Digital key
Digital rental agreement
Digital twin
Distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack)
DNS spoofing
Domain Name System (DNS)
Domestic rental
Driver age requirements
Driver drowsiness detection
Driver monitoring systems
Drop-off policy
Dynamic pricing
E
Early return
eCall
Eco-driving
Electric side mirror
Electric vehicle (EV)
Electronic control unit (ECU)
Electronic stability control (ESC)
EMEA
Engine bay
Engine control unit (ECU)
Engine cover
Equipment Type (EQP)
Euro NCAP
Excess
Exclusive branch
Exclusive rate
F
Features-on-demand (FoD)
Fire extinguisher
Firewall
Firmware-over-the-air (FOTA) updates
First-aid kit
First-mover advantage (FMA)
Fleet
Fleet as a Service (FaaS)
Fleet operator
Fleet utilisation
Flight-in customer
Floating fleet
Floor mats
Flutter
Fog lights
Forward collision warning
Free-floating model
Freesale
Frequent traveller
Front quarter window
Front wing
Frontend
Fuel cell vehicle (FCV)
Fuel deposit
Fuel policy
Fuel purchase option (FPO)
Fuel tank cap
Fuel tank flap
Full hybrid electric vehicle (FHEV)
Full prepayment
G
Gateway content
Gear lever
General sales agent (GSA)
Generic Access Profile (GAP)
Generic Attribute Profile (GATT)
Geofence
Geolocation
Geolocation spoofing
Git
Global distribution system (GDS)
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Glove box door
GPS spoofing
Grace period
Graphical user interface (GUI)
GraphQL
Grille
H
Headlights
Headrest
High-visibility safety vest
hreflang
Hubcap
Huf
Hydrogen vehicle
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
I
IATA code
In-app purchasing (IAP)
In-car payment system (ICPS)
In-car services
Inclusions
Inclusive rate
Indicator/windscreen wiper lever
Infant seat
Instrument cluster screen
Integrated ticketing
Intelligent speed adaptation (ISA)
Inter-island crossing
Internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV)
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
International Driving Permit (IDP)
Internet of Things (IoT)
Internet of Vehicles (IoV)
IP address
IP address spoofing
Iterative development
J
JavaScript
K
Kanban
Key as a Service (KaaS)
Key fob
Key performance indicator (KPI)
Keyless entry
Keyless fob
Know your customer (KYC)
L
LAC
Lane centering assist (LCA)
Lane departure warning (LDW)
Lane keeping assist (LKA)
Last mile
LATAM
Late return
Lead time
Lead-acid battery
Leisure travel
Levels of driving automation
LiDAR
Limited mileage
Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
Lithium-ion battery
Local driving permit
Locally payable extras
Location
Look-to-book
Loss damage waiver (LDW)
Loss leader pricing
Low frequency (LF)
Low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs)
Low-speed vehicle (LSV)
M
MaaS Alliance
Main battery
Mapped car
Market penetration
Marketing funnel
Meet and greet (M&G)
Micromobility
Microservice architecture
Mild hybrid electric vehicle (MHEV)
Minimum viable product (MVP)
Mobile deep linking
Mobility
Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
Mobility data
Mobility ecosystem
Mode of transportation
Multimodal transportation
N
NAM
Native
Natural gas vehicle (NGV)
Near-field communication (NFC)
New mobility
Nickel-cadmium battery
Nickel–metal hydride battery
No-show
Node.js
Number plate
O
On request
On-demand mobility services
One-way rental (O/W)
Online availability
Online travel agency (OTA)
Opening hours
OpenTravel Alliance (OTA)
Optional extras
Original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
Out of hours (OOH)
Over-the-air (OTA) updates
Overhead console
P
Partial prepayment
Pay on arrival
Pay-per-click (PPC)
Peer-to-peer (P2P) model
Personal Accident Insurance (PAI)
Personal Effects Coverage (PEC)
Phishing
Phone as a Key (PaaK)
PHP
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV)
Point of sale (POS)
Power outlet
Pre-authorisation
Predictive maintenance
Principal driver
Private mobility
Profit margin
Q
Query
R
Rain sensor
Ramen profitable
Ransomware
React
Rear lights
Rear quarter window
Rear window
Rear wing
Rearview mirror
Refuelling fee
Rental agreement
Rental day
Rental desk
Rental duration requirements
Renter
Replacement vehicle
Residence country
REST API
Return on investment (ROI)
Ride-hailing
Ride-hailing platform
Ride-sharing
Roadside assistance
Robotaxi
Roof rails
ROW
S
SAE International
Scalable
sCall
Scheduled rental
Scooter-sharing system
Scrum principles
Search
Search conversion
Search engine optimisation (SEO)
Seat backrest
Seat base
Seat belt
Secure element (SE)
Security deposit
Self-driving car
Self-service rental
Self-service terminal
Sensor fusion
Series A, B, C funding
Shared mobility
Side sill
Side skirt
Single sign-on (SSO)
SIPP codes
Sliding door
Smart infrastructure
Smart key
Smart parking
Smart rental
Smart ticketing
Snow chains
Soft mobility
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Software development kit (SDK)
Software-defined vehicle
Spare tyre
Special instructions
Split payment
Spoiler
Spoofing
Station-based model
Station-to-station
Steel rim
Steering wheel
Steering wheel buttons
Stop sales
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Subscription-based car rental
Sun visor
Super-app
Supercapacitor (SC)
Supplier
Supplier content
Sustainable mobility
Synthetic data
System on a chip (SoC)
T
Telematics
Telemetry
Terminal indicator
Terms and conditions of a rental car supplier
Terms and conditions of a service platform
Theft protection (TP)
Third-party liability (TPL)
Timeout
Titanium Mobility
Toddler seat
Traction
Traffic sign recognition (TSR)
Truck platooning
TypeScript
Tyre
Tyre repair foam
U
Ultra-wideband (UWB)
Unlimited mileage
Usage-based insurance (UBI)
User story
Usership
V
Valuation
Vanilla JavaScript
Vehicle as a Service (VaaS)
Vehicle Charge Purpose Type (VCP)
Vehicle Coverage Type (VCT)
Vehicle inspection
Vehicle license fee (VLF)
Vehicle Where At Facility (VWF)
Vehicle-to-everything (V2X)
Vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V)
Vent frame
Voucher
Vue.js
W
Walk-in
Warning triangle
Website spoofing
Wheel arch trim
Wheel chocks
Whitelabel widget
Windscreen
Windscreen wiper
Windscreen wiper arm
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)