Urban Mobility
in North America, the largest one-way car-sharing service launched in 2009 with initial pilot in Austin, Texas AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — car2go, the largest, fastest-growing one-way carsharing service in the world, announced today that its North American member base has eclipsed one million users. The milestone comes nine years after 200 car2go vehicles were first introduced in
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Daimler Mobility Services has participated as lead investor in a financing round of U.S. peer-to-peer car-sharing market leader At the same time, Daimler peer-to-peer car-sharing activities under the Croove brand will be combined with Turo Expertise and experience of Croove will serve as the basis for Turo to enter the German market within the next year Investment in Turo is
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Co-development agreement between Bosch and Daimler seeks to bring introduction of fully automated and driverless driving by the beginning of the next decade. Objective is to develop and launch a production-ready system for driverless car sharing on urban public roads. STUTTGART, Germany and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Bosch and Daimler are joining forces to advance the development of fully automated and
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Daimler AG Chairman will be explaining why maps will lead the way into the data-driven future of individual transportation. Super-accurate location information has the power to unlock the full potential of autonomous, connected, shared and emission-free cars – and a whole new world of services. STUTTGART, Germany, March 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Daimler AG and its brands smart, moovel and car2go are guests at the
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Mobility-focused entrepreneurs and startups to gain access to transportation technology expertise in first-of-its-kind accelerator in Austin, TX March 09, 2017 09:00 AM Eastern Standard Time AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Capital Factory and Daimler-owned moovel North America (N.A.) have partnered to create MobilityX, a transportation technology accelerator aimed at fostering the growth of new mobility-as-a-service companies and bring innovative solutions to the
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The most ambitious fuel cell vehicle deployment promises to expand access to clean-energy transportation February 08, 2017 BRUSSELS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hydrogen Mobility Europe (H2ME) – the ambitious multi-country, multi-partner project to demonstrate that hydrogen can support Europe’s future transport demands – today announced that the first 100 fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) deployed by H2ME are now on the road in Germany, France
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STUTTGART, Germany and SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Daimler and Uber today announced an agreement on their intent to cooperate on the supply and operation of self-driving vehicles. Under the terms of the cooperation Daimler plans to introduce self-driving vehicles also on Uber’s global ridesharing network in the coming years. Daimler is the first auto company to join with Uber as it
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In financial year 2016, Daimler’s wholly owned subsidiary – a free floating, one-way car-sharing car2go Group, had an increase of membership by 43-percent to 2.2 million global members. Global 2.2 million worldwide in total membership for the year 2016. 14,000 vehicles of Smart and Mercedes Benz models makes up car2go car-sharing fleet. Including 1,300 Pure Electric Vehicle in car2go fleet. car2go
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Croove is the name of the new app-based service that pairs up private vehicle owners and hirers. The Croove scheme will be launched in Munich to begin with and is open to any brand of vehicle. Stuttgart/Munich. Straightforward, safe and reliable – The new car-sharing platform from Mercedes-Benz will go online at the start of December. Croove is the name
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Stuttgart. Tapping into employees’ hidden qualities in an open environment – and applying them to suitable projects – is the objective behind Daimler IT’s Design Thinking initiative. Creative, user-oriented and interdisciplinary thinking is the main thrust of the initiative currently available to all interested employee in the IT department at Daimler’s Möhringen site in Stuttgart, Germany. Jan Brecht, CIO Daimler:
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