Food pickup Not switched on yet
Your car collects food or shopping orders and drops them off nearby.
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Watch the GERZMO story
A short story about one car and its owner (about 1.5 minutes, with narration).
Early access · opening first in New Zealand and Austin, Texas
Register your car for use, wherever you are.
Your car sits idle. Let it be useful while you stay home. Register your car on GERZMO, choose what it can be used for, and approve every request yourself. GERZMO is free: 0% fee and no listing fee. We're in early access, so we're taking sign-ups and requests only. No trips run yet and no payments are taken.
- Free: 0% fee, no listing fee
- Any car, any country
- Early access
GERZMO only switches on a use once it is legal where you are. GERZMO is not affiliated with Tesla or any carmaker. Read the legal notes.
How it works
Register once. You stay in charge.
Any car can be registered, wherever you live, including cars with automated or self-driving features.
Register your car
Add the make, model, number plate, country, area and the times it's usually parked. No listing fee.
Choose what it can be used for
Tick the uses you're happy with: food pickup, passenger trips, or sharing with another driver. You can change this any time.
Approve requests
When someone asks to use your car, you see the request first and say yes or no. Nothing happens without your approval.
Your car is used while you're home
Once a use is legal and set up where you live, your car can do useful work instead of sitting in the driveway.
Right now GERZMO is in early access. You can register your car and we collect requests, but no trips run and no money changes hands yet. New registrations are checked by GERZMO before they appear in the app.
Register your car
Opens the GERZMO app.
Uses
What your car could be used for
Each use is switched on separately, place by place, only once the licences and insurance it needs are in place. Right now every use is not switched on yet, everywhere.
Passenger trips Not switched on yet
Your car takes people where they need to go.
Sharing with another driver Not switched on yet
Another licensed driver uses your car for the time you agree.
Something else in mind? Tell GERZMO what you're trying to do. Where each use stands in each place is set out in the legal notes.
Where
A global platform, opening place by place
Owners anywhere can register. Early access opens first in two places, and more follow where the law allows.
New Zealand First
Where GERZMO started. Register in the GERZMO app. New Zealand legal notes.
Austin, Texas First
Join the early-access list on the GERZMO US page. Texas legal notes.
Everywhere else
You can register your car now. Every use stays off until it's legal and insured where you live, and we'll tell you when that changes.
For owners
You stay in charge of your car
Free: GERZMO takes no fee from owners or renters.
You choose the uses
Only the uses you tick are ever offered.
You approve every request
Say yes or no each time.
You set the times
Your car is only available when you say it's free.
Registering a car
Free
No listing fee, in any country.
GERZMO fee
No fee
GERZMO takes 0%.
Honest about money
What a car earns, if anything, depends on real requests that are legal where you live. GERZMO doesn't promise any income and doesn't publish earnings estimates. Earnings are usually taxable.
Worth checking: using your car for paid work may count as commercial use under your warranty, finance or manufacturer terms. Check yours before you switch a use on.
Safety and insurance
Insurance comes before any trip
Your own policy usually won't cover it
Private car insurance usually doesn't cover paid trips, deliveries or sharing with another driver.
Still being arranged
Insurance for each use is still being arranged. No use will be switched on until the right cover is in place. Delivery, passenger trips and car sharing each need different insurance and come under different rules.
Drivers are checked
Drivers will be licence-checked before they can use a car.
No remote control
GERZMO doesn't control your car remotely and doesn't switch on any self-driving features.
Legal notes
Where each use stands
Rules differ by country and city; GERZMO only switches on a use once it is legal where you are.
This is general information, not legal, tax or insurance advice.
New Zealand
- Food pickup: not switched on yet. A goods service licence is needed for goods-carrying vehicles with a gross vehicle mass of 6,000 kg or more. Ordinary cars are below that, so they generally don't need one. Insurance, driver checks and how the delivery business is set up still have to be sorted (to confirm with a lawyer). A driverless delivery isn't possible under current settings.
- Passenger trips: not switched on yet. Carrying passengers for hire or reward in a vehicle that carries 12 people or fewer is a small passenger service. It needs a small passenger service licence under the Land Transport Act 1998, and drivers need a P (passenger) endorsement. App-based services count too.
- Driverless trips: New Zealand's rules were written for vehicles with a driver. Driverless (no human driver) paid trips on public roads are not currently permitted without a specific exemption or trial approval (to confirm with a lawyer).
- Sharing with another driver: not switched on yet. The law treats this as a rental service. It needs a rental service licence held by the platform or each owner, hire insurance, a current Certificate of Fitness (CoF), registration and road user charges (RUC).
United States: Austin, Texas
- Food pickup: not switched on yet. Since 1 September 2025, platforms that arrange food, drink or goods delivery from restaurants or shops are delivery network companies and need a state permit from TDLR (Texas Occupations Code chapter 2402).
- Passenger trips: not switched on yet. App-booked rides fall under the transportation network company rules in the same chapter, which need a TDLR permit.
- Sharing with another driver: not switched on yet. Peer-to-peer car sharing comes under Texas Business and Commerce Code chapter 113, with its own insurance and liability rules.
- Automated vehicles: a business using an automated vehicle with no human driver to carry passengers or goods needs Texas DMV authorization (enforced since 28 May 2026). Cars owned by individuals for personal use don't need it.
- Different rules for different uses: delivery and passenger work come under different rules and insurance from car sharing. More on the GERZMO US page.
Other countries
Every use is not switched on yet. Before GERZMO switches anything on in a new country or city, we check the local transport, insurance, consumer and privacy rules and publish a section here.
Payments
No payments during early access
GERZMO doesn't take any payments, and you never need crypto or a digital wallet.
MetaMask is optional
- MetaMask is optional. You don't need it to register a car or send a request.
- MetaMask is a user-controlled wallet. You hold it, not us.
- GERZMO never holds or controls your assets.
- Crypto isn't accepted or needed.
Try connecting (optional)
Connecting only shows your public wallet address on this page. Nothing is sent, signed or stored.
GERZMO never holds your assets and will never ask for your recovery phrase (seed phrase).
FAQ
Common questions
Is GERZMO a rental site?
Not mainly. You register your car and choose what it can be used for. One of those uses, sharing with another driver, is treated as a rental by law in many places, and we follow the rental rules for it.
Does GERZMO cost anything?
No. GERZMO takes 0% and there's no listing fee, in any country.
Can my car be used right now?
Not yet. GERZMO is in early access. You can register and send requests, but no trips run and no payments are taken. Each use is switched on only once it's legal and insured where you are.
I'm not in New Zealand or Austin. Can I still register?
Yes. GERZMO is global, so you can register a car from any country. Every use stays off where you live until it's legal and insured there, and we'll let you know when that changes.
Does my car need to be a Tesla?
No. Any car can be registered, including ones with automated or self-driving features. GERZMO is not affiliated with Tesla or any carmaker.
Will my car drive itself?
Only where the law allows it and the car is approved for it. In most places today, including New Zealand, a licensed driver is still needed. GERZMO doesn't control your car remotely or switch on self-driving features.
How much will I earn?
We can't say, and we don't make promises. It depends on the uses you choose, real requests, and what's legal where you live. Earnings are usually taxable.
Does my own insurance cover this?
Usually not. Private car insurance usually excludes paid trips, deliveries and sharing. Insurance for each use is still being arranged.
Why do you ask for my number plate?
So we can check the car is real and, later, that its registration and safety checks are current. Your number plate (licence plate) is never shown publicly. See our privacy policy.
Do I need crypto or MetaMask?
No. MetaMask is optional and crypto isn't needed. GERZMO never holds your assets and will never ask for your recovery phrase. Read more about MetaMask at GERZMO.
Do you use AI?
We use today's AI where it helps, like matching requests to cars, and we don't claim it's AGI. People stay in control.
Who runs GERZMO?
GERZMO is run by Gersmo Automobile. Contact: gersmo.com
About GERZMO
Who's behind GERZMO
GERZMO is run by Gersmo Automobile. It started in New Zealand, is opening early access in Austin, Texas, and is built to work wherever the law allows.
Alex
Founder of GERZMO, based in New Zealand. Helping idle cars do more, for free.
Alex is the founder of GERZMO, run by Gersmo Automobile. GERZMO started in New Zealand as a free way for people to register a car that sits idle most of the week and choose what it can be used for. GERZMO takes 0%. It is now opening early access in Austin, Texas, and owners anywhere can register.
"Tell GERZMO what you're trying to do. If it's legal where you live, we'll work on switching it on."
Alex, founder of GERZMO
Technology should work for people, rather than forcing people to understand complicated technology.
Get started
Have a car that sits idle?
Register it for free, wherever you are, and tell us what you'd like it to be used for. We'll let you know when a use is switched on where you live.
Alex, founder of GERZMO
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