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CarSharing annual balance 2016

More than 1.7 million CarSharing users in Germany

The number of car sharing users in Germany rose sharply again in 2016. On 1 January 2017, a good 1.7 million customers were registered with German car sharing providers. This is 36 per cent more than in the previous year. The German government now wants to promote the further expansion of the service through a car sharing law.

You can read all the information on this at:
www.carsharing.de/mehr-17-millionen-carsharing-nutzer-deutschland

In an article also published today, WiWo Green discusses whether Car2go, Drive Now & Co. actually benefit the environment.

Getting rid of your car and sharing one with others - that's the basic idea behind car sharing. The idea is to reduce the burden on the environment and traffic. But experts think so: In the meantime, the opposite is happening.

www.wiwo.de/...car2go-drive-now-und-co-was-bringt-carsharing-der-umwelt-wirklich


Keywords: CarSharing, DE-News, Mobility, Resource efficiency
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