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===Vehicles===
===Vehicles===
[[File:Car2Go Amsterdam Smart ED cropped.JPG|thumb|Two car2go [[Smart electric drive]] cars charging at the [[Herengracht]] in Amsterdam|left]]
[[File:Car2Go Amsterdam Smart ED cropped.JPG|thumb|Two car2go [[Smart electric drive]] cars charging at the [[Herengracht]] in Amsterdam|left]]
[[File:Car2Go 4-door Mercedes-Benz B Class and a 2-door Smart ForTwo in Downtown Vancouver.jpg|thumb|Car2Go 4-door Mercedes-Benz B-Class and a 2-door Smart fortwo in Downtown Vancouver]]
[[File:Car2Go 4-door Mercedes-Benz B Class and a 2-door Smart ForTwo in Downtown Vancouver.jpg|thumb|car2go 4-door Mercedes-Benz B-Class and a 2-door Smart fortwo in Downtown Vancouver]]
In most cities, car2go offers only two-passenger vehicles, namely two types of Smart Fortwo "car2go edition" vehicles: gasoline-powered, and electric-powered. The gasoline-powered cars can be found in three variants based on roof configuration: "original" with integrated solar panel roof; "upgraded" with a panoramic polycarbonate roof and power side mirrors; and "new" featuring a standard roof.{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}} Electric car2go models are currently available in several markets, have a range of {{Convert|84|mi}}, and need to be recharged every two or three days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.car2go.com/en/austin/#tab_268|title=Hello Austin|work=car2go.com}}</ref> In its Canadian markets, car2go has a pilot program in place to supplement its fleet with a small number of four-door Mercedes B-class vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vancouver.car2go.com/four-door-vehicles/|title=Four Door Vehicles|work=car2go.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=How to find car2go's 25 new four-door Mercedes vehicles on the streets of Vancouver|url=https://www.straight.com/blogra/543831/how-find-car2gos-25-new-four-door-mercedes-vehicles-streets-vancouver|website=straight.com|publisher=The Georgia Straight}}</ref> Car2go is currently adding Mercedes GLA and CLA to its locations worldwide.
In most cities, car2go offers only two-passenger vehicles, namely two types of Smart Fortwo "car2go edition" vehicles: gasoline-powered, and electric-powered. The gasoline-powered cars can be found in three variants based on roof configuration: "original" with integrated solar panel roof; "upgraded" with a panoramic polycarbonate roof and power side mirrors; and "new" featuring a standard roof.{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}} Electric car2go models are currently available in several markets, have a range of {{Convert|84|mi}}, and need to be recharged every two or three days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.car2go.com/en/austin/#tab_268|title=Hello Austin|work=car2go.com}}</ref> In its Canadian markets, car2go has a pilot program in place to supplement its fleet with a small number of four-door Mercedes B-class vehicles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vancouver.car2go.com/four-door-vehicles/|title=Four Door Vehicles|work=car2go.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=How to find car2go's 25 new four-door Mercedes vehicles on the streets of Vancouver|url=https://www.straight.com/blogra/543831/how-find-car2gos-25-new-four-door-mercedes-vehicles-streets-vancouver|website=straight.com|publisher=The Georgia Straight}}</ref> car2go is currently adding Mercedes GLA and CLA to its locations worldwide.


===Apps===
===Apps===

Revision as of 10:00, 7 December 2017

car2go
Company typePublic (subsidiary)
IndustryCar rental
Founded2008 (2008)
Headquarters
Stuttgart
,
Germany
Number of locations
26
ServicesCarsharing
ParentDaimler AG
Websitewww.car2go.com

car2go is a German car rental company. It is a subsidiary of Daimler AG providing carsharing services in European and North American cities. The company offers exclusively Smart Fortwo and Mercedes-Benz vehicles and features one-way point-to-point rentals. Users are charged by the minute, with hourly and daily rates available.[1] The service forgoes the typical centralized rental office, and cars are user-accessed via a downloadable smartphone app wherever they are parked.[citation needed] As of July 2017, car2go is the largest carsharing company in the world with 2,500,000 registered members and a fleet of nearly 14,000 vehicles in 26 locations in North America, Europe and Asia.[2]

History

Daimler introduced the service in Ulm, Germany, in October 2008,[3] where it was developed by one of its internal business innovation units and was first tested exclusively by Daimler employees.[4]

Starting in May 2015, car2go added a $1 'Driver Protection Fee' for each ride to offset the lowered deductible.[5]

car2go cars in Austin, Texas

Since inception, car2go withdrew from several locations, including Britain, where it closed its service in London and Birmingham after only a year of operation.[6] Due to a lack of charging stations, car2go in San Diego, California, decided to replace all of its all-electric vehicle fleet with gasoline-powered cars starting on 1 May 2016. When the service started in 2011, car2go expected 1,000 charging stations to be deployed around the city, but only 400 were in place by early 2016. As a result, an average of 20% of the carsharing fleet is unavailable at any given time because the cars are either being charged or because they don’t have enough electricity in them to be driven.[7] At the end of 2016 car2go left the San Diego market.[8]

As of July 2017, car2go operates over 14,000 vehicles, which serve eight countries and 26 cities worldwide with over 2,500,000 customers.[9]

Locations

Current

The following table details all locations where car2go is active as of November 2017:

City Country Fleet fortwo fortwo new A-Class B-Class CLA GLA forfour Start date Ref.
Amsterdam Netherlands 350 ✔ November 2011 [10]
Austin U.S. 314 ✔ ✔ ✔ May 2010 [11][12]
Berlin Germany 1,100 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ April 2012 [13]
Calgary Canada 630 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ July 2012 [14][12]
Chongqing China 700 ✔ April 2016 [15]
Columbus U.S. 200 ✔ October 2013 [16][12]
Denver U.S. 340 ✔ ✔ ✔ June 2013 [17][18][12]
Düsseldorf/Cologne Germany 650 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ February 2011 [19][20]
Florence/Prato Italy 250 ✔ ✔ May 2014 [21]
Frankfurt Germany 260 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ September 2014
Hamburg Germany 800 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ April 2011 [22][23]
Madrid Spain 500 ✔ November 2015 [24]
Milan Italy 800 ✔ ✔ August 2013 [25]
Montreal Canada 450 ✔ ✔ ✔ November 2013 [26][27][28]
Munich Germany 500 ✔ ✔ ✔ June 2013 [22]
New York City U.S. 550 ✔ October 2014 [29][30]
Portland, Oregon U.S. 475 ✔ ✔ ✔ March 2012 [31][12]
Rome Italy 600 ✔ ✔ March 2014 [32][33]
Seattle U.S. 750 ✔ ✔ ✔ December 2012 [34][35]
Stuttgart Germany 550 ✔ ✔ November 2012 [36][37]
Toronto Canada 430 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ June 2012 [38]
Turin Italy 450 ✔ ✔ March 2015 [39]
Vancouver Canada 1,100 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ June 2011 [40][41][42][12]
Vienna Austria 700 ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ December 2011 [43][44]
Washington, D.C. U.S. 600 ✔ ✔ ✔ March 2012 [45][46][12]

Former

The following table details all locations where car2go is no longer active as of November 2016:

City/
Municipality		 Country Start date End date Reference
Ulm Germany October 2008 December 2014 [47][48]
Lyon France February 2012 June 2012 [49]
London United Kingdom December 2012 May 2014 [50]
Birmingham United Kingdom May 2013 May 2014 [51]
South Bay, Los Angeles U.S. June 2014 June 2015 [52]
Eugene, Oregon U.S. October 2014 June 2015 [53]
Copenhagen Denmark September 2014 January 2016 [54]
Miami U.S. July 2012 February 2016 [55]
Stockholm Sweden November 2014 September 2016 [56]
Minneapolis-Saint Paul U.S. September 2013 December 2016 [57]
San Diego U.S. November 2011 December 2016 [58]

Future

The following table details all planned locations for car2go as of November 2016:

City/
Municipality		 Country Start date no. of cars Reference
Brussels Belgium October 2016 300 [59]

Despite the plans, the service hasn't started yet in Brussels, as of October 2017.[60]

Business model

car2go member card reader that allows access to the vehicle

The car2go business model is similar in all markets, although rates vary by location. The company charges a per minute rate, with discounted fixed rates for hourly and daily usage also available and applied automatically.[61] The rates are all-inclusive and cover rental, gas, insurance, parking (in authorized areas), and maintenance, a low fixed annual fee is sometimes also charged. In most markets, car2go vehicles can park in either specially designated parking spots, or in standard parking areas, with a special permit from the local municipality.[62] Users have the option of refueling cars with a supplied charge card, customers receive bonus minutes for performing this service.

Vehicles

Two car2go Smart electric drive cars charging at the Herengracht in Amsterdam
car2go 4-door Mercedes-Benz B-Class and a 2-door Smart fortwo in Downtown Vancouver

In most cities, car2go offers only two-passenger vehicles, namely two types of Smart Fortwo "car2go edition" vehicles: gasoline-powered, and electric-powered. The gasoline-powered cars can be found in three variants based on roof configuration: "original" with integrated solar panel roof; "upgraded" with a panoramic polycarbonate roof and power side mirrors; and "new" featuring a standard roof.[citation needed] Electric car2go models are currently available in several markets, have a range of 84 miles (135 km), and need to be recharged every two or three days.[63] In its Canadian markets, car2go has a pilot program in place to supplement its fleet with a small number of four-door Mercedes B-class vehicles.[64][65] car2go is currently adding Mercedes GLA and CLA to its locations worldwide.

Apps

First-party and third-party apps for mobile devices allow users to locate and reserve vehicles.[66] When reserving a car online, the customers are able to see the car's fuel gauge (gasoline-powered cars) or the battery's state of charge (electric-powered cars), so if the customer wants to go for an extended drive, they can find the right car for that trip.[67]

See also

References

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  4. ^ Jeremy Korzeniewski (2008-10-21). "Daimler's car2go: Rent a Smart anywhere, anytime". Autoblog.
  5. ^ Taylor Soper. "Car2go adds $1 'Driver Protection Fee' for each ride to offset lowered deductible - GeekWire". GeekWire.
  6. ^ Griffin, Jon (23 May 2014). "Car2go scrapped a year after setting up in Birmingham". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
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  29. ^ "Car2Go expands to Brooklyn". Washington Post.
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  62. ^ "Hello Vancouver". car2go.com.
  63. ^ "Hello Austin". car2go.com.
  64. ^ "Four Door Vehicles". car2go.com.
  65. ^ "How to find car2go's 25 new four-door Mercedes vehicles on the streets of Vancouver". straight.com. The Georgia Straight.
  66. ^ "car2go Apps". car2go.com.
  67. ^ "Just hop in". car2go.com.
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