appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message mobility carsharing type cooperative industry carsharing founded 1997 revenue 71.4 million chf 2014 number of employees 186 2014 website www.mobility.ch mobility carsharing officially mobility cooperative also known as mobility car sharing or simply mobility for short is a swiss cooperative of car sharing . it covers almost all organised carsharing in switzerland . 1 mobility offers 2 700 vehicles at 1 400 sites for private customers as well as mobility solutions for companies . contents 1 aims 2 key figures 3 history 4 fleet 5 how the system works 6 stations 7 offers 8 environment 9 cooperative ventures 10 subsidiaries 11 references 12 external links aims edit a mobility car in bern . according to its commercial registry entry the company pursues the aim of operating vehicles of all kinds based on mutual self help in a way which saves energy raw materials and the environment and to provide services in the field of mobility in switzerland and abroad ; to make vehicles of all kinds available on a fee paying basis as an ecological and economical alternative to private ownership . 2 the combination of public and private transportation aims to give cooperative members and other customers the opportunity to select the most suitable means of transport . key figures edit mobility operates more than 2 700 vehicles at 1 400 sites in 500 towns and cities in switzerland and has 120 300 customers as of 2014 of which 55 500 are members of the cooperative . the company employs a workforce of 186 staff and generates a turnover of chf 71.4 million . 3 it is the most important car sharing company in switzerland . 1 history edit mobility was founded in 1997 with the merger of the two swiss car sharing cooperatives autoteilet genossenschaft atg and sharecom . these predecessor companies were both founded in 1987 atg in stans and sharecom in zurich . the two began cooperating as early on as 1991 each enabling their members to use the other s vehicles . that same year they were both involved in setting up the association european car sharing ecs . in 1996 atg took over the geneva based cooperative copauto founded in 1993 . sharecom developed the first on board computers in the same year . mobility carsharing was formed from the merger between atg and sharecom in 1997 its registered headquarters were in zurich and it had 17 400 customers and 760 vehicles . after this the reservation system underwent technological refinement the vehicles were fitted with on board computers and members were issued with a chip card mobility card . online reservations were introduced too . these expensive technical facilities imposed a considerable financial burden on the company and a restructuring programme was initiated in the year 2000 . since then mobility has continuously increased its number of cooperative members and customers as well as adding more vehicles and sites . a range of cooperative ventures have been launched or expanded . in 2013 mobility received the gfm award from the swiss marketing association . 4 as of 1 october 2007 the company s registered headquarters was moved to lucerne where the cooperative s operational centre was already located . 5 fleet edit the mobility fleet the vehicle fleet comprises ordinary vehicles in nine categories ranging from frugal compact cars to convertibles and light vans . their striking red colour is the company s main hallmark making the vehicles clearly recognizable throughout switzerland . one of the key considerations for mobility s vehicle management programme is sustainability according to the company itself its entire fleet achieves emissions averaging 95 g co2 km . this puts mobility 27 % below switzerland s mandatory threshold as applicable from 2015 . 6 how the system works edit vehicles are reserved online or by telephone . mobility offers round the clock availability even at short notice . the reservation of the vehicle is confirmed within a few minutes via text message . the vehicle can then be opened with the mobility card and used . certain vehicle types are fitted so that they can be operated entirely without a key . once the vehicle has been returned the on board computer once again relays the trip details via text message for invoicing purposes . fees are charged based on the number of kilometres travelled and the duration of use . the fee includes all costs for fuel motor insurance tax maintenance and depreciation . 7 stations edit a mobility station in lucerne . mobility primarily locates its vehicles at railways stations and in conurbations . this is due to the fact that it collaborates with various public transportation companies so as to provide interconnected mobility services . as a result more than 40 per cent of mobility cars are situated at railway stations of the swiss federal railways . the aim here is to dovetail public transportation with car travel . 8 offers edit mobility aims its subscriptions and offers and various target groups . the company launched its mobility4learners programme in 2013 for learner drivers and inexperienced motorists for example . a similar programme is mobility campus since 2014 for students . private customers can become cooperative members or take out annual subscriptions and trial subscriptions . they often benefit from reduced rates if they also subscribe to partner transportation companies e.g. the zurich transportation association zvv . 9 mobility offers two different solutions in the area of corporate mobility . business car sharing allows companies to make use of mobility cars whether on a one off basis or using exclusively reserved vehicles at the company s headquarters . meanwhile mobility pool car sharing involves existing corporate fleets being equipped with car sharing technology thereby allowing a system of car sharing to be operated within the company . other services such as claims management and maintenance are likewise integrated in the programme . a number of companies have outsourced their vehicle fleets to mobility either completely or partially . these include migros since 1998 and abb . environment edit according to an interface study 22 % of private customers and 50 % of business customers would buy their own car if mobility did not exist . this would mean there would be around 27 600 more vehicles on switzerland s roads needing 41 400 parking spaces . the study also shows that car sharing has a positive impact on energy consumption it leads to a reduction in co2 emissions of 20 500 tonnes per year . mobility has its annual business and sustainability report audited by the global reporting initiative and achieved application level b in 2014 . 10 cooperative ventures edit mobility collaborates with various public transport companies these provide parking spaces at railway stations and promote offers involving combined transport such as the swiss federal railways 11 universities 12 13 and companies . mobility also collaborates with the rental car companies europcar 2016 and avis 2005 which offer mobility members reduced rental rates . subsidiaries edit a catch a car in basel . through its subsidiary mobility systems services founded in 2001 as mobility support ag mobility markets its booking system mobisys 2.0 which it developed itself as well as its expertise in the fields of fleet management and marketing . 14 in 2014 mobility launched switzerland s first free floating car sharing programme called catch a car 15 in basel . members can locate catch cars via smartphone or on the website and drive from a to b without making a reservation in advance . catch a car is currently going through a two year pilot phase . eth zurich is conducting a scientific investigation into how catch a car impacts on the mobility behaviour of individual members . 9 references edit a b today the co operative covers almost the totality of organised carsharing in switzerland . from sylvia harms and bernard truffer the emergence of a nationwide carsharing co operative in switzerland page visited on 24 august 2013 . http zh.powernet.ch webservices inet hrg hrg.asmx gethrghtml chnr ch 020.5.000.263 8 & amt 020 & tobemodified 0 & validonly 0 & lang 1 & sort 0 https www.mobility.ch fileadmin files documents annual reports mobility kurzbericht gb 14 e.pdf https www.mobility.ch en media media releases 2016 2013 https www.mobility.ch en about mobility mobility cooperative about us https www.mobility.ch fileadmin files meta media media releases 20150811 mm e new automobiles mobility vs ch.pdf https www.mobility.ch en private customers how it works easy http www.sbb.ch en station services car bike hire or borrow hire car.html a b https www.mobility.ch en about mobility mobility cooperative about us history https www.mobility.ch fileadmin files meta media media releases mm e mobility jahresabschluss 2013.pdf http www.sbb.ch en station services car bike hire or borrow carsharing.html page visited on 24 august 2013 . http camipro.epfl.ch mobility page visited on 24 august 2013 . http www.unil.ch unibat page96891.html page visited on 24 august 2013 . https www.mobility systems and services.com https www.catch a car.ch external links edit official website v t e vehicle rental brands car rental ace rent a car advantage rent a car alamo rent a car auto europe avis rent a car budget rent a car carzonrent citer dollar rent a car enterprise rent a car europcar firefly hertz kemwel localiza national car rental payless car rental redspot car rentals rent a wreck sixt thrifty car rental taxiforsure meru cabs carsharing autolib autoshare buffalo carshare cambio carsharing car next door car2go city car club city carshare cityhop communauto vrtucar community carshare drivenow enjoy enterprise carshare 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