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Groupe PSA trials car-sharing service in Washington, DC

French car manufacturer Groupe PSA says its ‘free-floating’ car-share service provides members in Washington, DC with access to 600 vehicles. The Free2Move service is available to drivers for a $10 membership fee and does not include late fees, per trip fees or insurance charges, the company adds. Members can use the Free2Move app to locate, book and open/lock the vehicles. This pilot coincides with Maven’s announcement to expand its peer-to-peer car-share service in Washington, DC – and other US
October 31, 2018 Read time: 2 mins
French car manufacturer Groupe PSA says its ‘free-floating’ car-share service provides members in Washington, DC with access to 600 vehicles.


The Free2Move service is available to drivers for a $10 membership fee and does not include late fees, per trip fees or insurance charges, the company adds.

Members can use the Free2Move app to locate, book and open/lock the vehicles.

This pilot coincides with Maven’s %$Linker: 2 Internal <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 4 37313 0 link-external announcement false /sections/transmart/news/maven-expands-peer-to-peer-car-share-service/ false false%> to expand its peer-to-peer car-share service in Washington, DC – and other US cities - by the end of the year.

Free2Move app users can also connect to other mobility services offered by Bird, Capital Bikeshare, Car2go, Jump, Lime, Skip and Uber.

Bird is also taking steps to broaden its current offering by confirming its intention to %$Linker: 2 Internal <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 4 37182 0 link-external launch false /sections/general/news/bird-to-deploy-electric-scooter-delivery-service/ false false%> an electric scooter delivery service.

More information on the delivery service - including how to join the waiting list and secure a priority placement - is available on the %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-external website false https://www.bird.co/ false false%>.

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