Mar 7, 2023 - 09:58 am
VinFast owner sets up EV rental service GSM
Vingroup Chairman Pham Nhat Vuong wants to promote green mobility by using VinFast electric cars and scooters for rental services. He founded the Green and Amart Mobility Joint Stock Company (GSM) in Vietnam. A company in which he holds a 95 per cent stake.
Read more
Feb 22, 2023 - 02:46 pm
Sixt to introduce BYD electric cars for hire in Australia
Sixt and BYD bring their cooperation Down Under as the German company will add at least 500 BYD EVs to the rental car fleet in Australia over the next twelve months. Sixt runs one of the country’s largest electric car fleets and works with BYD on other continents.
Read more
Feb 20, 2023 - 01:27 pm
Uber to start electrifying fleet in India with 25,000 Tata BEVs
Ride-hailing company Uber will introduce 25,000 electric cars in India over the next three years through its platform. A memorandum of understanding signed with Tata Motors envisages the phased delivery of 25,000 units of Tata’s Xpres-T EV electric car from this month.
Read more
Feb 16, 2023 - 12:56 pm
BP to invest billions in charging network in the USA with Hertz
BP wants to pump one billion US dollars into the development of charging infrastructure in the USA by 2030. Part of this investment will go towards the construction of charging facilities at the car rental company Hertz. Both players are planning a US-wide fast charging network at Hertz locations.
Read more
Feb 10, 2023 - 10:59 am
Hyundai introduces vehicle subscription in the USA
Hyundai Motor America announced its new Evolve+ electric vehicle subscription service, providing flexibility to consumers who want to drive Hyundai’s newest EVs without committing to a purchase or longer-term lease.
Read more
Jan 17, 2023 - 04:16 pm
Hertz to deliver 25,000 BEVs for Uber in Europe
Hertz and the ride-hailing company Uber are expanding their US partnership to Europe. Accordingly, Hertz wants to provide up to 25,000 electric cars for Uber drivers in European capitals by 2025. London, Paris and Amsterdam were explicitly mentioned so far.
Read more
Oct 18, 2022 - 10:29 am
Canoo confirms major order from Kingbee in the USA
Canoo has received a binding order for 9,300 electric vans from US vehicle rental company Kingbee. The agreement includes the option to double the order to 18,600 electric vehicles, and is the third deal Canoo has announced in around three months.
Read more
Oct 4, 2022 - 01:56 pm
BYD will provide 100,000 electric cars to Sixt by 2028
Sixt and BYD have concluded a long-term agreement that guarantees the rental company access to up to 100,000 BYD electric cars over the next six years. Starting now, Sixt expects BYD to provide the first EVs in Q4 2022, in synch with the Chinese manufacturer’s launch in Europe.
Read more
Sep 21, 2022 - 11:57 am
Hertz orders up to 175,000 EVs from General Motors
Car rental company Hertz has placed its next major order for electric vehicles: Hertz plans to order up to 175,000 electric vehicles from General Motors by 2027. The first vehicles are to join the Hertz fleet in 2023, however initially, it will not include any of the new Ultium models.
Read more
Sep 20, 2022 - 02:28 pm
Sixt targets 90% share of low-emission vehicles by 2030
Rental car company Sixt is intent on decarbonisation. The Management Board approved a sustainability programme to increase the share of bookable electric and hybrid cars in Europe. By the end of 2030, up to 90 per cent of the rental fleet could be electric; however, not quite.
Read more
Aug 10, 2022 - 11:19 am
US car subscription service Autonomy orders 22,790 BEVs
The US electric car subscription service Autonomy has ordered 22,790 electric cars worth around 1.2 billion dollars. The provider, which until now has specialised mainly in Tesla models, has ordered a total of 45 different vehicle models from 17 carmakers – including Tesla again.
Read more
Aug 8, 2022 - 02:21 pm
UFODrive launches Tesla rentals in San Francisco
Europe’s electric car rental company UFODrive landed in San Francisco, making the city the first foray into the United States. Their US launch follows the company’s rapid growth in European cities, including London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam and Dublin, since its founding in 2018.
Read more
Jul 21, 2022 - 11:55 am
Stellantis introduces long-term rental programme for electric cars
Stellantis has launched ‘Electric As You Go’, a new long-term rental programme for the group’s electric cars. The new offer is initially available in France for the Peugeot e-208, Opel Corsa-e and Opel Mokka-e before launching in other countries in Europe. Still, there are conditions.
Read more
Jan 7, 2022 - 03:01 pm
ALD to take over Leaseplan for nearly €5Bn
ALD Automotive, the leasing and mobility subsidiary of the major French bank Société Générale, has announced that it will take over its competitor Leaseplan for 4.9 billion euros. The joint venture NewALD is to grow primarily with e-mobility services.
Read more
Dec 5, 2021 - 06:02 pm
German car rental company Sixt expands in Australia
Sixt announces its expansion in Australia through a franchise with the National Roads & Motorists’ Association (NRMA), the largest national automobile club. The cooperation will immediately give the German company a 13% market share and introduce one of the largest EV rental fleets in Australia.
Read more
Oct 25, 2021 - 05:45 pm
Herz stocks up with 100,000 Teslas
The car rental company Hertz has ordered 100,000 electric cars from Tesla. These are to be delivered by the end of 2022. Customers will be able to rent the Tesla Model 3 at selected Hertz locations in the USA and Europe from the beginning of November this year.
Read more
Oct 14, 2021 - 06:32 pm
Leasys to electrify short-term rentals by 2028
In Europe, the Stellantis subsidiary Leasys has presented its electric mobility strategy. Here, the company says the vehicle fleet for short-term rentals is to be completely converted to electric vehicles by the end of 2027 but has not said how large the share of electric vehicles in the total fleet will be.
Read more
Aug 9, 2021 - 02:17 pm
Aiways to be offered by Finn.Auto in Germany
In Germany, Aiways has just sold around 500 units of the Aiways U5 electric SUV to the Munich-based car subscription provider Finn.Auto. Some 150 vehicles will be delivered to Finn.Auto over the next three months.
Read more
Jun 17, 2021 - 01:36 pm
Renault’s Mobilize reveals business plans
Mobilize, Renault’s new mobility brand announced in January has just presented its upcoming projects for the next few years. With Duo, Bento and Hippo, the business unit is presenting, among other things, three fully electric shared mobility vehicles for transporting people and goods.
Read more
May 18, 2021 - 06:30 pm
Nexport scores order from Splend for 3,000 BYD electric cars
Nexport, BYD’s Australian importer and distributor, has won the largest single electric vehicle order on the continent to date. It includes the delivery of 3,000 electric vehicles from the beginning of 2022 to Splend, a provider of vehicle subscriptions for Uber drivers, among others.
Read more
May 18, 2021 - 03:25 pm
Onto orders 700 Fisker Ocean electric SUVs
UK electric car subscription service Onto has signed an agreement with Fisker to supply up to 700 units of the Fisker Ocean EV in 2023. This would bring Onto’s fleet to around 3,000 electric cars.
Read more
Mar 12, 2021 - 01:53 pm
Onto expands UK fleet by 300 Audi e-tron
The British electric car subscription service Onto has expanded its fleet again, this time with 300 Audi e-tron. Onto already has a four-digit number of electric cars from various manufacturers, but these are the first from the VW Group.
Read more