The Berlin car-sharing provider Miles takes over the competing offer Weshare from the Volkswagen Group. The company will thus receive another 2,000 fully electric rental cars in Berlin and Hamburg, as both companies announced on Tuesday. A purchase price was not mentioned. As part of the takeover, Miles also ordered more than 10,000 fully electric cars from VW. They should be delivered from 2023.
Miles wants to use the takeover to advance the electrification of its own fleet, said Miles boss Oliver Mackprang. VW, in turn, wants to focus on expanding its mobility platform, which will also continue to offer Miles vehicles.
The company Weshare, which belongs to the VW subsidiary Umi, started in 2019 with a rental car offer in Berlin and later expanded its offer to Hamburg. Customers can open the fully electric cars via an app and park them anywhere within the operating area.
Miles, on the other hand, has 9,000 vehicles so far, also without fixed stations in eight major cities. In addition to cars, vans can also be rented via the platform.