Zipcar
| Zipcar | |
|---|---|
| legal form | subsidiary |
| founding | January 2000 |
| Seat |
Boston , United States
|
| management | Tracey Zhen |
| Number of employees | > 500 |
| Branch | car sharing |
| Website | www.zipcar.com |
Zipcar is an international car sharing provider. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Avis Budget Group . In 2019 the company was active with over 12,000 vehicles.
history
The company was founded in January 2000 by Antje Danielson and Robin Chase.
In 2007 Zipcar merged with competitor Flexcar . The original brand identity was retained.
On March 14, 2013, Avis Budget Group bought Zipcar for $ 500 million. The company became part of a complex car rental network and a subsidiary of the Avis Budget Group, alongside classic car rental companies such as Avis and Budget . The previous company president Scott Griffith, who had led the company for 10 years, handed over his chairmanship to Mark Norman.
In September 2016, Zipcar announced that one million members in over 500 cities and 9 countries are using the car sharing service. They also offer 10,000 cars in the United States , Austria , Belgium , Canada , France , Germany , Spain , Turkey and the United Kingdom , which would make Zipcar the largest car sharing provider in the world.
On July 4, 2017 it was announced that the company would discontinue its offer in Austria from August 6, 2017.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zipcar Overview | Zipcar Press Center. Retrieved September 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Rebecca Greenfield: Uh Oh, ZipCar's CEO Stepped Down Right After Its Merger with Avis . In: The Atlantic Wire , March 15, 2013.
- ^ Danny King: Zipcar says its 1 million members have taken 400,000 vehicles off the road .
- ↑ Jurgen Thysmans: Zipcar Drives Into Brussels With Its First Free-Floating Car-Sharing Service . Globe news wire. September 14, 2016.
- ↑ orf.at: Off for car sharing provider Zipcar in Austria . Article dated July 4, 2017, accessed July 4, 2017.
- ↑ http://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/wirtschaft/Aus-fuer-Carsharing-Anbieter-Zipcar-in-OEsterreich;art15,2614101
- ↑ diepresse.com: Car sharing provider Zipcar is withdrawing from Austria . Article dated July 4, 2017, accessed July 4, 2017.