Car2Go launches e-car rental service in central Paris

Daimler subsidiary Car2go has made its electric car rental service available to Parisian users in a 77km square area within the city’s Périphérique motorway. Drivers are charged between €0.24 to €0.34 per minute depending on the location and time of the rental, and can charge the vehicles at around 1,100 charging stations in the French capital. The details flesh out Car2go’s announcement last year of plans to deploy 400 electric Smart EQ Fortwo vehicles in the city. The company intends to add more ve
January 17, 2019 Read time: 1 min
2069 Daimler subsidiary 4190 Car2go has made its electric car rental service available to Parisian users in a 77km square area within the city’s Périphérique motorway.


Drivers are charged between €0.24 to €0.34 per minute depending on the location and time of the rental, and can charge the vehicles at around 1,100 charging stations in the French capital.

The details flesh out Car2go’s announcement last year of %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-external plans false http://www.itsinternational.com/sections/general/news/car2go-launches-electric-car-sharing-service-in-paris/ false false%> to deploy 400 electric Smart EQ Fortwo vehicles in the city. The company intends to add more vehicles to its fleet throughout the year.

In September, the German firm expanded its car-sharing %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 link-external service false http://www.itsinternational.com/categories/utc/news/car2go-expands-electric-car-sharing-service-to-amsterdam-airport-schiphol/ false false%> in the Netherlands to offer users an environmentally-friendly option for travelling between Amsterdam and Schiphol airport.

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