Kowo works through a mobile app, downloadable from the Play Store (Android) or the App Store (iOS). Thanks to its smart algorithm, Kowo finds colleagues having a similar commuting journey as yours and organizes for you to share a ride, according to your preferences.

Start by choosing to be driver, passenger or either via the three buttons you get when you open the app. If you choose “either”, Kowo will decide for you if you’ll be driver or passenger, according to the rides validated by your colleagues. Then, you’ll be able to choose the date and time of the ride, the start and end address and if you want a round trip or not. As a driver, you would also have the possibility to choose the number of seats available in your car as well as the maximum detour time you are willing to drive. Every day at 7pm, the Kowo algorithm create smart matches between your rides and the rides of other kowo users. Every day at 7pm when having requested a ride through kowo, the app will inform you and provide all the info you need to enjoy a safe and pleasant ride.

If your company already subscribed to Kowo, the only thing you have to do is download the app on your smartphone and register by using your professional e-mail address. If your company didn’t subscribe yet, you will have to convince your management to do so ;-)

Once you’ve registered with your personal info, validate a ride request to start carpooling. Choose to validate a ride from one of the three buttons being a “driver”, a “passenger”, or “either”. If you have chosen the “either” button, Kowo will choose the best option for you according to the other ride requests submitted by the other users.

Kowo offers benefits ranging from financial and fiscal benefits to environmental (CO₂ reduction) and other social benefits. Dependent on whether you have your own car or you company car, the benefits listed above may vary.

Financial & fiscal advantage: People with company cars and private cars can enjoy may enjoy financial incentives. We leave it up to your organization to come up with these initiatives. If you have a private car (not a company car) you can enjoy fiscal deductions when carpooling on your way to work and back home. Kowo will provide each user with a fiscal certificate at the end of the fiscal year.

Time: if you normally use public transport to go to work, Kowo can help you to save time by providing you a faster and more comfortable mean of transport. Moreover, in case of strike or incident with public transport, Kowo provides you a useful alternative.

CO₂: by sharing a ride, you will decrease the number of cars on the road. You will not only actively reduce traffic jam, you will also decrease the amount of CO₂ emissions. A good gesture for your comfort, as well as for our planet!

Social relations: Kowo gives you the possibility to spend your commuting time chatting and networking with colleagues and other kowo users. You will be able to meet new people instead of spending your journey alone. Kowo changes your daily traffic jam into your favorite coffee break.

Stress: Kowo offers you a secure alternative to go to work. By enjoying a pleasant ride with colleagues, you will arrive stress-free at work. If you are tired of driving every day, Kowo gives you the opportunity to take rest by being a passenger.

Yes, you can! With Kowo, you decide when to carpool. You use Kowo only when you want it, however you will quickly realize the advantages of using kowo as part of your daily commute.

If you were supposed to be picked up by a colleague to go to work but your colleague has an impediment, our AXA insurance will help you. If you don’t have any other means of transport at your disposition, AXA will propose you an alternative: either a taxi or a train ticket, according to the situation. If you manage to find a solution yourself (with your own car, home working, public transport, …), you will be compensated with a cash benefit of 15€.

If you have a ride planned home by using Kowo but you have an emergency whilst being at work and need to go back earlier, you can also count on our AXA insurance! You can call the AXA assistance via the app and AXA will provide you an alternative for your journey back home. This solution is only offered when you planned a trip home with Kowo for that day.

To ensure the most efficient Kowo trajectory, it’s our algorithm which, according to your preferences, matches you with another kowo user. This doesn’t mean that you don’t have any influence at all! Thanks to our rating system, when providing a 5-star rating you will be asked if you want to be matched in priority with your carpooler(s) in the future. This means that even in case of more efficient matching options in terms of commuting with other Kowo users, you will still be matched with your favorite Kowo driver and/or passenger, as long as they submit a similar ride request of course.

On the contrary when providing a 1 or a 2-star rating you will be asked if you are ready to give your passenger another chance to carpool again. If your answer is no, then you will never be matched with that person again.

Registered preferences can be changed at all times in the application.