After car2go Daimler AG has now developed a further innovative concept for urban mobility: car2gether starts with a first pilot project in Ulm, that also provides an answer to the question of how flexible and independent mobility can be achieved without car ownership.

car2gether is a web-based ride sharing community arranging incoming offers and requests for lifts. The system takes advantage of the increasing use and acceptance and the many different communication possibilities offered by mobile internet. Rides can be arranged via smartphones on the way or from a PC at home – almost in real time.

The idea for this concept was developed by the Business Innovation division at Daimler AG which identifies business areas with future potential. Business Innovation is presenting a complementary solution for the advancing changes in individual mobility. Futurologists expect that due to the living conditions in cities, an increasing number of people will not own a car at all in future (“zero-car households”). Project Manager Michael Kuhn: “There is still a need for flexible, convenient and inexpensive mobility. With car2gether, we exactly offer these advantages and also encourage the more efficient use of resources.”

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