Mobility Carsharing

The Mobility Cooperative ( including Mobility Carsharing or shortly called Mobility ), is the leading Swiss carsharing company headquartered in Lucerne. Mobility offers 2650 vehicles at 1380 locations for consumers, and mobility solutions for companies.

Objectives

The company aims at the Commercial register entry "( ... ) by the common self-help energy, raw materials and environmentally friendly operation of all kinds of vehicles and provision of services in the field of mobility at home and abroad; provide all kinds of vehicles, for consideration, as an ecological and economical alternative to private property ( ... ) ».

The combination of public and private transport members of the cooperative, members and other customers should be given the opportunity to select the most suitable means of transport.

Indicators

Mobility has 2650 vehicles to 1380 locations in 500 villages of Switzerland and is well 105,000 customers (as of 2012), of which 49'300 are cooperative. The company has 180 employees with a turnover of 70.8 million Swiss francs. According to a study by the Federal Office of Energy Mobility is the largest carsharing company in Europe.

Fleet

The fleet consists of everyday vehicles in nine categories, ranging from small economical cars on convertibles to vans. The bright red color makes it out of the central recognition of the company in Switzerland. Sustainability is a key factor in vehicle management of Mobility: The total fleet achieved according to self-reported an average emissions of 120 g CO2/km, which bought new cars of 110 g CO2/km. Thus Mobility exceeds the requirements of the State for 2015 already in 2012 by 15 percent.

Operation

The vehicles are booked through the Internet, by telephone or via mobile phone. This is possible around the clock and at short notice. The reservation is transmitted within a few minutes via SMS to the vehicle. The vehicle can be opened and used with the Mobility Card. Some vehicles are equipped for complete keyless operation. After the return of the onboard computer sent to the central system via SMS also the driving data for the ride billing. Will be charged fees for the number of kilometers traveled and for the period of use. All costs for gasoline, car insurance, taxes, maintenance and depreciation are included in it.

Locations

Mobility provides vehicles preferably at railway stations and in conurbations available. This is due to the cooperation with various enterprises of public transport in the region of the terminal mobility. So are alone at SBB stations over 40 percent of Mobility cars. Thus, the combination of public transport and car is intended.

Offers

Mobility talks with their subscriptions and offers to different audiences. Private clients have the opportunity to become members of the cooperative or year / test subscription to solve. They often benefit from benefits if they also at partner tariff associations possess (eg Zurich Transport Network) subscriptions.

In the area of ​​corporate mobility Mobility offers two different solutions. Under the name " Business Carsharing » Mobility use company cars - the selective use to exclusive vehicles at company headquarters. " Mobility Poolcar sharing " on the other hand already equips existing corporate fleets with carsharing technology, thus allowing in-house car sharing. Additional services such as claims management and maintenance are also included in the offer. Different companies have their vehicle fleet fully or partially outsourced to Mobility. These include, for example, Migros (since 1998), ABB and Swiss Post ( since 2006).

Environment

According to an interface study, 22% of private and 50 percent of its customers would buy without Mobility own car. This means that around 23,000 additional cars would be on the Swiss roads, parking spaces would be required for the 35,000. The study also shows on that car sharing has a positive effect on energy consumption: CO2 emissions are reduced annually by 18,000 tons. Mobility has their annual financial and sustainability report by the Global Reporting Initiative check and reached in 2012 the application level B.

Cooperations

The company cooperates with different enterprises of public transport, make the pitches at stations available and market offers combined transport. These include:

• SBB
• Libero
• Zurich Transport Network
• Tarifverbund Northwestern Switzerland
• Mobilis Vaud
• Unireso Genève

Furthermore, there are collaborations with the car rental Hertz ( 1997) and Avis (2005), offering the Mobility members discounted rental terms.

History

Mobility was created in 1997 by the merger of two Swiss car-sharing cooperatives AutoTeilet - cooperative ( ATG) and ShareCom. This predecessor companies were both founded in 1987, the ATG in Stans and the ShareCom in Zurich. As early as 1991, the two companies worked together to give their members the mutual use of the vehicles. The same year she participated in the founding of the association European Car Sharing ( ECS). In 1996, the ATG of the Geneva cooperative CopAuto (founded in 1993). The ShareCom developed the first on-board computer in the same year.

The newly established in 1997 from the merger of ATG and ShareCom company Mobility Carsharing with legal headquarters in Zurich included 17'400 customers and 760 vehicles. As a result, the technical development of the reservation system was driven: The cars were equipped with onboard computers, and the members were given a chip card ( Mobility Card ). Simultaneously, the reservation has been established via the Internet. The costly technical equipment meant a huge financial burden, so that a rehabilitation program was necessary in 2000.

Since then, increased mobility, both the number of cooperative members and customers as well as the vehicles and locations used continuously. Various partnerships have been launched or expanded.

On 1 October 2007, the legal office was moved to Lucerne, where already was the operational headquarters of the cooperative.

Subsidiary

Mobility sells through its subsidiary Mobility International AG (founded in 2001 as a Mobility Support AG ) its self-developed booking system MobiSys 2.0 as well as their expertise in fleet management and marketing.