Experience mobility with our joint ventures and shareholdings
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Experience mobility with our joint ventures and shareholdings

Mobility is diverse and our mobility portfolio is as extensive as the needs of our customers. In addition to classic services such as leasing and financing, we have developed services for urban mobility since 2009, expanded them together with partners and participated in companies in this area.

Joint ventures

FREE NOW

  • Established in: 2019
  • Headquarters: Hamburg, Germany
  • Products: Taxis and rental cars, micromobility and car sharing via app
  • Shareholders: Mercedes-Benz Mobility, BMW Group
  • Website: free-now.com

FREE NOW is Europe's leading multi-mobility platform. In addition to taxi and rental car trips, the joint venture offers products in the areas of micromobility such as eScooters, eBikes, eMopeds and carsharing. The app is currently used by over 50 million people in 16 markets and more than 152 cities. This makes FREE NOW the largest multi-service mobility provider in Europe. The company works with various third-party providers to offer its customers an even greater range of options to get from A to B. FREE NOW employs around 1,850 employees at 27 locations. By 2030, all FREE NOW drives are emission-free; FREE NOW makes this promise. With a carbon-offsetting program, i.e. with the compensation of CO 2 emissions, FREE NOW is already operating climate-neutrally.

CHARGE NOW

  • Established in: 2019
  • Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
  • Products: Digital charging solutions for electric cars and access to Europe’s biggest charging network
  • Shareholders: Mercedes-Benz Mobility, BMW Group, bp
  • Website: chargenow.com

CHARGE NOW is a brand of Digital Charging Solutions GmbH (DCS), which with universal access to charging infrastructure contributes significantly to the mobility transition towards emission-free driving. DCS develops charging solutions for automotive manufacturers and fleet operators and is thus one of the most important drivers of the transformation to electric mobility worldwide. The DCS full-service white-label charging solutions enable automotive manufacturers and fleet operators to implement their electric mobility strategies. With more than 280,000 charging points in 30 markets and international charging, DCS offers access to the fastest-growing public charging network in Europe with currently over 850 charging station operators. With CHARGE NOW for Business, DCS delivers the necessary tools for managing electrified fleets. The solution combines Europe's largest network of public charging points with the requirements of fleets and thus offers a uniform charging solution for DCS fleet customers. In the fall of 2021, in addition to the BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz Mobility, bp became the third shareholder of Digital Charging Solutions GmbH.

StarRides

  • Established in: 2019
  • Headquarters: Hangzhou, China
  • Products: Premium ride-hailing service
  • Shareholders: Mercedes-Benz Mobility, Geely Technology Group
  • Website: starrides.com

Together with the Geely Technology Group, a subsidiary of the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding), Mercedes-Benz Mobility has built up the StarRides premium limousine chauffeur service in China. The joint venture kicked off at the end of 2019 in the Chinese metropolis of Hangzhou-currently StarRides is present in 10 Chinese cities. The StarRides fleet comprises vehicles of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, E-Class and V-Class model series. StarRides has become a leading provider of premium limousine driving services for B2B customers.

Shareholdings

Blacklane

  • Established in: 2011
  • Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
  • Products: Chauffeur service
  • Website: blacklane.com

Blacklane is a global chauffeur service. The two founders are frequent travelers and have recognized the need for high-quality, global service that eliminates stress when traveling. Their vision is a smarter way to book and manage trips-reliable, efficient and at a good price. Since its foundation, Blacklane has developed from a two-man operation in Berlin to an international team of over 350 employees with offices in Brisbane, Dubai, Los Angeles and Singapore.

Bolt

  • Established in: 2013
  • Headquarters: Tallinn, Estonia
  • Products: Taxis and ride-hailing, eScooters, car sharing, food delivery per app
  • Website: bolt.eu

Bolt , formerly known as Taxify, is a leading European multi-service mobility platform for taxi and ride-hailing trips, scooter sharing, carsharing, and food and grocery deliveries. More than 75 million people in over 45 countries and over 400 cities are already using the services. Bolt is one of the fastest growing providers in Europe and Africa. Since summer 2019, every Bolt drive has been 100 percent climate-neutral by compensating for CO 2 emissions through a financial contribution to selected projects.

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