Germany’s two major car-sharing services are about to merge into one
German carmakers Daimler and BMW said Wednesday they would merge their car-sharing services Car2Go and DriveNow, creating a European giant with around four million users to take on challengers like Uber.
Karlsruhe streets ahead of rest of Germany for car-sharing
A new ranking has revealed that Karlsruhe is the best city for car-sharing in Germany. But why does the Baden-WĂĽrttemberg town fare so much better than everywhere else?
600,000 car-sharing users' details stolen in cyber attack
Hundreds of thousands of users of a now defunct German car-sharing website have had their bank account details stolen by hackers, it was announced on Tuesday.
Car-sharing accelerates rapidly in Germany
Car-sharing, pioneered in Switzerland in the 1970s, is gaining popularity across the globe as people shy away from the cost of owning and maintaining an automobile in big cities. And it is proving particularly successful in Germany, where carmakers themselves are keen to get a slice of the action.
Car-sharing trip turns into cocaine nightmare
Austrian police are searching for a 30-year-old man who allegedly forced a car-pooling woman into working as a courier for his drug deliveries around Germany.
Drivers could save €1,000 a year by ditching cars
Drivers who don’t use their cars often could save up to €1,000 a year by getting rid of their vehicle and signing up to a car-sharing scheme, a German consumer organisation said on Friday.