Your fares
100%
The full fare goes to your wallet. No 80% rent share and no commission. Withdraw to your bank any time.
For Route rental drivers · Abuja, Lagos, Kaduna, Kano
Drive it daily. Own it for good.
You’ve shown us a steady month on a Route rental. Now keep 100% of your fares, repay the car daily, weekly or monthly over 18 months, and drive away with the title when it’s paid off.
Not renting yet? Start with a Route rental. Drive-to-Own opens after about a month.
Drive-to-Own
EV car · ABJ 208 RT
41%
of the car paid off
Today’s repaymentPaid
Weekly plan4 days left
Your share of fares100%
Projected payoffMar 2028
How it works
From renter to owner in six steps.
Ownership starts with a rental. Your first month shows us how you drive, and it shows you whether the car fits your work.
01
Rent a Route EV
Pay the rental deposit and collect an EV keke or car. Route takes 80% of each fare until the day’s rent is covered (₦55,000 car, ₦25,000 keke), then every fare is yours.
02
Drive steadily for about a month
We watch your record: days on the road, trips, ratings, charging and how you look after the car.
03
Apply for Drive-to-Own
Use the form below or the Route Driver app. Tell us which car you want to own and who your guarantor is.
04
Review and agreement
We check your rental record and documents, then send the agreement to sign in the app: deposit, repayment schedule, amount and the rules for missed payments.
05
Repay on your schedule, keep every fare
Your fares all go to your wallet. Payments come out daily (6 days a week), weekly or monthly, with your plan and charging included. The app shows paid, left and your payoff date.
06
The car is yours
When the balance reaches zero, Route starts the ownership transfer and the papers move into your name.
What you pay
Pick how often you repay. Keep every fare.
You own the vehicle in 18 months. Choose to pay daily (6 days a week), weekly or monthly. Every payment already covers your driver plan and charging.
Vehicle
Repayment schedule
Daily · EV car
₦66,958
a day, 6 days a week
Toward owning the car₦49,458
Plan and charging (fair use)₦17,500
Each payment₦66,958
Payments over 18 months468
What’s left to pay at the end of each month
Month 1Month 18
Your plan and charging at Route stations are included in every payment, so there’s nothing else to buy to go online.
Plan and charging
Included
Your driver plan and charging at Route or designated stations are part of each payment, under our fair-use policy.
The title is yours
₦0
When the balance reaches zero, Route transfers ownership and the papers move into your name.
Before you collect the car
Deposit and 24 months’ insurance
Paid once, by bank transfer to the account we give you after you sign. Your deposit comes back when you finish paying, less anything unpaid. If you stop early, the balance is refunded after deductions.
Refundable deposit₦1,800,000
Insurance, 24 months₦1,800,000
Total before handover₦3,600,000
Your rental month
What we look at before you own a car.
There’s no test to sit. Your first month on a Route rental is the application. Drive the way you always do.
Days on the road
How many days you drove, and whether you went two days in a row without a trip.
Daily trip target
How often you reached the rental’s daily target shown in your app.
Rider ratings
Your average rating and the feedback riders leave after trips.
Charging
Charging only at Route or designated stations, which the car’s tracker confirms.
Care of the car
The car’s condition at check-ins, compared with the handover photos.
Cancellations and strikes
Trips cancelled after accepting, and any strikes on your account.
Apply
Apply for Drive-to-Own.
Four short steps. We review your rental record and message you on WhatsApp with the result.
Have these ready
Your Route rental car’s plate number
Names and phone numbers of your two guarantors
Your city’s driver permit (FCT card in Abuja, LASDRI in Lagos)
Questions? Email ride@route.taxi or call +234 707 777 8750.
Before you apply.
No. Drive-to-Own is for drivers who have rented a Route EV for about a month. That month is how we get to know your driving, and how you get to know the car.
Each payment has two parts: an equal instalment toward owning the vehicle over 18 months, and your driver plan plus charging at Route or designated stations under our fair-use policy. Pay daily (6 days a week), weekly or monthly, whichever matches how you earn.
A refundable deposit and 24 months of insurance, paid once by bank transfer to the account we give you after you sign: ₦1,800,000 + ₦1,800,000 for an EV car, or ₦700,000 + ₦700,000 for an EV keke. The deposit is refunded when you finish paying, less anything unpaid. If the agreement ends early, the balance is refunded after deductions.
Drive-to-Own is a larger commitment than renting, so it needs two guarantors (a rental needs one). Each fills in the Route Guarantor’s Form. Together they guarantee your payments and the return of the vehicle: if you don’t pay after a written notice, Route can ask either of them to pay what you owe. They are told of any default at the same time as you, and released when you finish paying.
Your agreement spells out what counts as a missed payment and what happens next before you sign. If a car is ever retrieved, your deposit comes back to your wallet, less only damage recorded against the handover photos and any recovery cost, and you see an itemised statement first.
Route supplies the car’s papers, including insurance and the hackney permit. Maintenance and insurance responsibilities are listed in the agreement, and the app shows when the next service is due.
When your balance reaches zero, Route starts the ownership transfer and the vehicle papers move into your name.