27.6.2019. Volkswagen is decreasing in the expanding car-sharing business. Today is the start for WeShare if in Berlin. With 1,500 e-Golf vehicles, the Volkswagen brand is bringing a fully electric fleet on the road, which is, without exception, operated with green electricity.
In the beginning of next year, 500 additional e-up to follow! and after the market launch of the ID.3 in mid-2020, the first models of the new fully-electric VW model. WeShare works according to the “Free-Floating”principle without fixed rental stations and operates digital via the App. In the year 2020, the Expansion of WeShare is planned initially together with ŠKODA to Prague and then to Hamburg.
“With WeShare, we have tailored car-sharing entirely on the needs of the users: easy to use and is 100 percent electric with green power,” said Christian Senger, Volkswagen brand Board of management for a Digital Car & Services in Berlin today. “With an offer in consequence, and width, we set ourselves apart from the competition. Thus, we are excellently placed to the expanding car-sharing market is part of this.“
The business area of WeShare will initially cover about 150 square kilometres of the city centre to the S-Bahn ring and in the further course, with the growth of the vehicle fleet increase. Customers can take advantage of the market start from an attractive Tariff of 19 cents per Minute, and the elimination of the one-time registration fee as well as the airport fee. Starting in September, tariffs will be three categories to an average price per minute of 29 cents.
The use of WeShare is simple. Prerequisite is the possession of a smartphone and a credit card, a minimum age of 21 years, possession of a valid driving licence for at least a year, as well as a registration address in Germany.
WeShare will use to Load its fleet of public charging network in Berlin, including the now re-charging points, occurring in 70 stores of the food retailers Lidl and Kaufland. With the companies in the Schwarz group Volkswagen recently signed a partnership to support the operation of its electric fleet to ensure the Expansion of the charging infrastructure in public spaces in the framework of its E-mobility Offensive forward.
The WeShare vehicles are initially low battery by Service employees WeShare collected and loaded. In the later operation, users receive incentives for the stand-alone Load.
With WeShare, Volkswagen is expanding its Ecosystem, “Volkswagen We” is now an attractive mobility service. The number of Carsharing users in Germany has increased since 2010 by a factor of 14. While in Germany in the year 2010 just 180,000 people as car-sharing users were registered, the number at the beginning of this year 2.46 million. Carsharing continues to be on course for growth.
“Volkswagen We” so bundles all of the digital Services and services for the Car and beyond. Previously successful in the Apps We Park are already started, the Parking even easier and more comfortable, We Experience for personalized recommendations for Goods and services in the vehicle vicinity, or We Deliver, with the help of the own trunk to the packing station for delivery services. In addition, for example, over-the-air Software Updates, or “Functions On Demand loading” for the vehicles “Volkswagen We are” available wants.
Volkswagen WeShare (photo: Volkswagen AG)
