Carsharing has shown “powerful momentum” over the last three years, expanding into another 1,000 cities worldwide, an increase of some 47 percent, according to a new report by movmi, a Canadian mobility consulting company.
The study found that as of 2019 there are 236 carsharing service operators worldwide, in 3,128 cities spread out over 59 countries. The United States ranks first with 33 different operators, followed by Italy with 27 and Russia with 21. Canada, with 20, and Germany with 21 rounded out the top five countries measured by the number of operators. The world’s top five cities, the report found, were Moscow, Berlin, Los Angeles, London and San Francisco.
The study looked at all three types of carsharing models: station-based, in which drivers pick up and return vehicles at the same location; free-floating, by which vehicles may be picked up and left off anywhere in a defined area; and peer-to-peer, through which private individuals rent out their own vehicles.
“[S]tation-based carsharing is still the dominant model, with 61% of all operators running this type of service [and] is available in 51 countries, more than any other model…The launch of Zipcar in 2000 and its global expansion is a major factor…why this business model has grown to be the dominant one in the market.”
Meanwhile, “[f]ree-floating has seen…tremendous growth and membership and in fleet sizes. Car2go (now Share Now) reported at the beginning of the year that their membership increased by 21% year-over-year, and is now at 3.6 million members worldwide.”
Read the full report at movmi.net
