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Mercedes-Benz and BMW to sell car-sharing JV SHARE NOW to Stellantis

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Mercedes-Benz Mobility and BMW Group intend to sell their car-sharing joint venture SHARE NOW to Stellantis. SHARE NOW was established in 2019 combines the DNA of car2go, which was developed by the former Daimler AG, and DriveNow, the BMW Group’s offering. —Rainer Feurer, Head of Corporate Investments at the BMW Group.

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BMW Group and Daimler AG agree to combine mobility services into new JV

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The BMW Group and Daimler AG have signed an agreement to merge their mobility services business units. Together, the BMW Group and Daimler AG plan to grow this new business model sustainably and enable rapid global scaling of services. It will also offer possible solutions for the challenges of urban private transport.

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BMW, Daimler moving ahead with mobility services JV following US greenlight

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The BMW Group and Daimler AG are planning the next steps for their joint mobility company ( earlier post ), following approval by the responsible authorities. All antitrust authorities involved have now given the green light for the new joint venture, which is owned in equal parts by the BMW Group and Daimler AG.

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BMW Group and Daimler Mobility gear up for profitable growth at mobility joint ventures

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Following the successful launch of the YOUR NOW joint ventures in February 2019, BMW Group and Daimler are gearing up for the joint ventures’ next phase of expansion, which will be focused on profitable growth. —Rainer Feurer, Senior Vice President Investment of BMW Group. FREE NOW; 2. SHARE NOW; and 3.

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BMW Group and Daimler AG invest more than €1B in joint mobility services provider

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The BMW Group and Daimler AG are pooling their mobility services to create a new global player providing sustainable urban mobility for customers. The cooperation comprises five joint ventures: REACH NOW for multimodal services; CHARGE NOW for charging; FREE NOW for taxi ride-hailing; PARK NOW for parking; and SHARE NOW for car-sharing.

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NYU Researchers Pave the Way for Future Shared Mobility

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Since that time, the C2SMART Center at NYU has worked with shared mobility companies including, BMW ReachNow (now ShareNow), Lime and Via, and collaborated with automakers such as Ford Motor Company on some of its research. Chow and his team collaborated with BMW ReachNow on this work, prior to the company merging with Car2Go.

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How do Chinese language EV makers roll out unutilized merchandise so temporarily?

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In the meantime, in Europe, BMW was once pushing the concept that consumers want to have a call and that they’d trade in their usual vehicles with ICE or BEV choices. Alternative examples may well be Brilliance-BMW, Dongfeng-Honda, and FAW-Toyota. The creator is editor-in-chief of CarNewsChina book. and many others.

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