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How to add vehicles to your fleet

Add your own cars or sub hire cars to your fleet

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Otto allows you to add both:

  • Company-owned vehicles (you fully control these)
  • Partner vehicles (from a sub-hire partner you’ve onboarded)

This article covers how to add both types and how to toggle between your fleet and your partner fleet.


📍 Step-by-Step: Adding a Vehicle


📍Step 1: 🎥 Watch a Walkthrough


📍Step 2: Go to More ➔ Fleet

  • From the bottom nav, tap More
  • Then tap Fleet
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📍Step 3: Tap “New Vehicle”

  • On the Fleet screen, tap the New Vehicle button
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📍Step 4: Choose Vehicle Type

You’ll be prompted to choose:

  • Support Vehicle — a vehicle owned by your company
  • Partner Vehicle — a vehicle sub-hired from another rental company
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🚗 If You’re Adding a Company-Owned Vehicle (Support Vehicle)


📍Step 5: Enter Vehicle Details

You’ll be asked to input:

  • Year
  • Make
  • Model
  • License Plate
  • Seats
  • Category
  • Drive Train
  • Transmission
  • Fuel Type

Tip: Categories must be pre-set for accurate pricing to apply.

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📍Step 6: Set Pricing & Driver Settings

  • Select vehicle category & daily rate
  • Choose driver options: Self-Drive, Chauffeur, or Both
  • Add driver pricing for within/outside city (if relevant)
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📍Step 7: Choose Vehicle Features

  • Select features like AC, Bluetooth, Sunroof, etc.

Tip: More features = more trust = better booking chances.

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📍Step 8: Upload Vehicle Photos

  • Either leave the standard images from Otto and click next or
  • If you have the images ready - upload clear photos for:
    • Front
    • Back
    • Left Side
    • Right Side
    • Interior (Front & Rear)
  • Click Add Vehicle to fleet when done

🚧 Reminder: The first photo becomes your featured image on the marketplace.

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🤝 If You’re Adding a Partner (Sub-Hire) Vehicle


📍Step 9: Select the Partner

  • Choose which partner the car is coming from. (if Partner is on Otto as them to Sub hire if not add them as a new Partner)
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📍Step 10: Fill in Basic Info

Enter:

  • Make
  • Model
  • License Plate
  • Fuel Type
  • Vehicle Type
  • Vehicle Category
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📍Step 11: Add Pricing

  • Set daily rate
  • Set CDW excess
  • Set refundable deposit (if any)

Then tap Add Vehicle

Tip: Partner cars will be categorized under “Partner Fleet” — not mixed into your owned inventory.

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🔄 Toggle Between “My Fleet” and “Partner Fleet”

On the Fleet screen, use the tabs at the top to switch between:

  • My Fleet — your own company cars
  • Partner Fleet — vehicles from sub-hire partners (toggle between Otto Network and Off Otto)

Tip: Use the search bar to quickly find any car in your fleet.

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🔗 What’s Next?

 

✨ Quick Summary

  • ✅ Tap More ➔ Fleet ➔ New Vehicle
  • ✅ Choose whether it’s your own car or a partner vehicle
  • ✅ Enter all required details, pricing, features, and photos
  • ✅ For partner vehicles, link to the correct partner and set sub-hire pricing
  • ✅ Tap Add Vehicle to Fleet to finish
  • ✅ Use the Fleet tab toggle to switch between your cars and sub-hire cars
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