Autolib'
French carsharing company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Autolib' was an electric car sharing service which was inaugurated in Paris, France, in December 2011. It closed on 31 July 2018.[1] It was operated by the Bolloré industry and complemented the city's bike sharing system, Velib', which was set up in 2007. The Autolib' service maintained a fleet of all-electric Bolloré Bluecars for public use on a paid subscription basis, employing a citywide network of parking and charging stations.[2][3] As of 3 July 2016[update], 3,980 Bluecars had been registered for the service and had more than 126,900 registered subscribers;[4][5] Autolib' furthermore offered 1,084 electric car stations in Paris agglomeration with 5,935 charging points.[6][7]
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Company type | Public |
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Industry | Car rental |
Founded | December 2011 (2011-12) (Paris) October 2013 (2013-10) (Lyon) January 2014 (2014-01) (Bordeaux) |
Defunct | 31 July 2018 (2018-07-31) |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | Paris, Bordeaux and Lyon |
Services | Carsharing |
Parent | Bolloré |
Website | autolib autolibmetropole |
Since beginning operations in Paris, Autolib' expanded its business to the cities of Lyon and Bordeaux.[8][9] Bolloré also signed deals to begin operating offshoots of Autolib' in London and Indianapolis in 2015,[5][10][11] Turin in 2016 and Singapore in 2017.[12]