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{{Short description|Carsharing corporation}}
{{For|similarly named entities|Greenwheel (disambiguation)}}
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'''Greenwheels''' is the largest [[carsharing]] corporation in the [[Netherlands]] and also operates in [[Germany]]. Operations in the [[United Kingdom]] ceased on 1 March 2013.<ref name="UKClose">{{cite web|url=https://www.greenwheels.com/global/News/Greenwheels-ends-all-activities-in-UK|title=Greenwheels end all activities in UK|access-date=25 March 2013|date=1 March 2013|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130411014512/https://www.greenwheels.com/global/News/Greenwheels-ends-all-activities-in-UK|archive-date=11 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
| name = Greenwheels
| name = Greenwheels
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| foundation = {{start date|1995}}<br /><ref name="businessweek.com">{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=6256109|title=Collect Car B.V.: Private Company Information - Businessweek|work=Businessweek.com}}</ref>
| foundation = {{start date|1995}}<br /><ref name="businessweek.com">{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=6256109|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215170114/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=6256109|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 February 2013|title=Collect Car B.V.: Private Company Information - Businessweek|work=Businessweek.com}}</ref>
| founder = Gijs van Lookeren Campagne<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allinx.eu/pg/blog/headquarter/read/9336/dutch-railways-reinforce-carsharing-project-cooperation-the-netherlands |title=Archived copy |access-date=2 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106190251/http://www.allinx.eu/pg/blog/headquarter/read/9336/dutch-railways-reinforce-carsharing-project-cooperation-the-netherlands |archive-date=6 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Jan Borghuis<ref>http://www.worldtalkradio.com/worldtalkradio/vguest.aspx?gid=11056</ref>
| founder = Gijs van Lookeren Campagne<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.allinx.eu/pg/blog/headquarter/read/9336/dutch-railways-reinforce-carsharing-project-cooperation-the-netherlands |title=Dutch railways reinforce car-sharing project cooperation (The Netherlands) |access-date=2 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106190251/http://www.allinx.eu/pg/blog/headquarter/read/9336/dutch-railways-reinforce-carsharing-project-cooperation-the-netherlands |archive-date=6 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Jan Borghuis<ref>http://www.worldtalkradio.com/worldtalkradio/vguest.aspx?gid=11056{{dead link|date=July 2022|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
| location = [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]<ref name="businessweek.com"/>
| location = [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]<ref name="businessweek.com"/>
| area_served = Germany (21), Netherlands (90)
| area_served = Germany (40+), Netherlands (130+)
| key_people = [[Alexander Hinz]] - director,<ref name="greenwheels.com">https://www.greenwheels.com/de/privat/impressum</ref> [[Andrew Berkhout]] - director <ref name="greenwheels.com">https://www.greenwheels.com/de/privat/impressum</ref>
| key_people = [[Phillip Gronstedt]] - director, [[Andrew Berkhout]] - director <ref name="greenwheels.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.greenwheels.com/de/privat/impressum|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227052801/https://www.greenwheels.com/de/privat/impressum|archivedate=2019-12-27|title = Impressum|website=greenwheels.com}}</ref>
| industry = [[Carsharing]]
| industry = [[Carsharing]]
| products =
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| net_income =
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| owner =
| owner =
| num_employees = >30
| num_employees = >50
| parent =
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| divisions = Greenwheels Germany
| divisions = Greenwheels Germany
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'''Greenwheels''' is the largest [[carsharing]] corporation in the [[Netherlands]] and also operates in [[Germany]]. Operations in the [[United Kingdom]] ceased on 1 March 2013.<ref name="UKClose">{{cite web|url=https://www.greenwheels.com/global/News/Greenwheels-ends-all-activities-in-UK|title=Greenwheels end all activities in UK|access-date=25 March 2013|date=1 March 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411014512/https://www.greenwheels.com/global/News/Greenwheels-ends-all-activities-in-UK|archive-date=11 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Founded as Collect Car B.V. on 21 June 1995 by Gijs van Lookeren Campagne and Jan Borghuis, who were inspired by car sharing by German students in the 1980s.<ref name="hollandtrade.com">http://www.hollandtrade.com/news/featured-company/?bstnum=2702</ref> Now the biggest and most successful carsharing company of the Netherlands, Collect Car B.V., Rotterdam, - better known by its trademark 'Greenwheels' - bought the majority of the shares of [[StattAuto]], a German carsharing company (founded in 1994 as StattAuto Hamburger CarSharing GmbH) in 2004. The car sharing firm received a financial boost by Dutch entrepreneur {{Interlanguage link multi| Eckart Wintzen|nl}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mixonline.com/news/headline/expressioncollege-wintzen_passing_2703/|title=Article Categories - Mixonline|work=mixonline.com}}</ref> in 1997.
Founded as Collect Car B.V. on 21 June 1995 by Gijs van Lookeren Campagne and Jan Borghuis, who were inspired by car sharing by German students in the 1980s.<ref name="hollandtrade.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nlplatform.com/?bstnum=2702|title=Home &#124; NL Platform|website=www.nlplatform.com}}</ref> Now the biggest and most successful carsharing company of the Netherlands, Collect Car B.V., Rotterdam, - better known by its trademark 'Greenwheels' - bought the majority of the shares of [[StattAuto]], a German carsharing company (founded in 1994 as StattAuto Hamburger CarSharing GmbH) in 2004. The car sharing firm received a financial boost by Dutch entrepreneur [[Eckart Wintzen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mixonline.com/news/headline/expressioncollege-wintzen_passing_2703/|title=Article Categories - Mixonline|work=mixonline.com|access-date=2 January 2013|archive-date=10 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810111159/http://www.mixonline.com/news/headline/expressioncollege-wintzen_passing_2703/|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 1997.
By the end of 2005, Greenwheels owned 98.5% of StattAuto shares. Greenwheels also operated in [[London]] as Greenwheels UK until 1 March 2013.<ref name="UKClose"/> In April 2013 it was announced that a consortium consisting of the [[:de:Volkswagen Financial Services|Volkswagen Financial Services AG]] ( 60% ) and the Dutch VW importer [[Pon Holdings]] B.V. ( 40% ) acquired an unspecified amount of shares in CollectCar B.V.<ref>Autoflotte online: [http://www.autoflotte.de/carsharing-vw-financial-services-steigt-bei-greenwheels-ein-1239959.html VW Financial Services steigt bei "Greenwheels" ein], 26 April 2013.</ref>
By the end of 2005, Greenwheels owned 98.5% of StattAuto shares. Greenwheels also operated in [[London]] as Greenwheels UK until 1 March 2013.<ref name="UKClose"/> In April 2013 it was announced that a consortium consisting of the [[:de:Volkswagen Financial Services|Volkswagen Financial Services AG]] ( 60% ) and the Dutch VW importer [[Pon Holdings]] B.V. ( 40% ) acquired an unspecified amount of shares in CollectCar B.V.<ref>Autoflotte online: [http://www.autoflotte.de/carsharing-vw-financial-services-steigt-bei-greenwheels-ein-1239959.html VW Financial Services steigt bei "Greenwheels" ein], 26 April 2013.</ref>


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==Locations==
==Locations==


Greenwheels has extensive locations in urban centres in Germany and Netherlands. In the UK, operations were only in the boroughs of Wandsworth and Lambeth, and closed on 1 March 2013 because Greenwheels UK "did not have enough members to continue our services".<ref name="UKClose"/>
Greenwheels has extensive locations in mostly urban centres in Germany and Netherlands. In the UK, operations were only in the boroughs of Wandsworth and Lambeth, and closed on 1 March 2013 because Greenwheels UK "did not have enough members to continue our services".<ref name="UKClose"/>

===Germany===
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
* [[Düsseldorf]]
* [[Hamburg]]
* [[Berlin]]
* [[Rostock]]
* [[Braunschweig]]
* [[Hannover]]
* [[Bochum]]
* [[Dortmund]]
* Duisburg
* Essen
* Gelsenkirchen
* Hagen
* Norderstedt
* Nuremberg
* Pinneberg
* Potsdam
* Recklinghausen
* Regensburg
* Unna
* Wedel
{{div col end}}

===Britain===
* [[London]] boroughs of [[London Borough of Lambeth|Lambeth]] and [[London Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth]] (service ended 1 March 2013).<ref name="UKClose"/>

===Netherlands===
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
*Alkmaar
*Almere
*Alphen aan den Rijn
*Amersfoort
*Amstelveen
*Amsterdam
*Apeldoorn
*Arnhem
*Assen
*Bergen
*Bilthoven
*Bloemendaal
*Breda
*Brummen
*Bussum
*Capelle aan den IJssel
*Castricum
*De Bilt
*Delfgauw
*Delft
*Den Bosch
*Den Haag
*Den Hoorn
*Deventer
*Diemen
*Dordrecht
*Driebergen
*Duivendrecht
*Edam-Volendam
*Ede
*Eindhoven
*Enschede
*Gouda
*Groningen
*Haarlem
*Haren
*Heemskerk
*Heemstede
*Heiloo
*Hellevoetsluis
*Helmond
*Hengelo
*Hiversum
*Hoodddorp
*Hoorn
*Houten
*Huizen
*IJsselstein
*Krommenie
*Landsmeer
*Leeuwarden
*Leiden
*Leiderdorp
*Leidschendam
*Lelystad
*Leusden
*Maarssen
*Maastricht
*Middelburg
*NS Trefpunt
*Naarden
*Nieuwegein
*Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
*Nijmegen
*Oegstgeest
*Oostzaan
*Ouderkerk aan de Amstel
*Overveen
*Purmerend
*Rijswijk
*Roermond
*Roosendaal
*Rosmalen
*Rotterdam
*Santpoort-Noord
*Schiedam
*Sittard
*Soest
*Tilburg
*Utrecht
*Veldhoven
*Venlo
*Vlaardingen
*Vleuten
*Voorburg
*Voorschoten
*Vught
*Wageningen
*Weesp
*Woerden
*Wormer
*XS Teleport
*Zaandam
*Zeist
*Zoetermeer
*Zutphen
*Zwolle
*'s-Graveland
{{div col end}}


==Fleet==
==Fleet==
[[File:Greenwheels Hengelo.jpg|thumb|Greenwheels [[Peugeot 107]] at [[Hengelo railway station|Station Hengelo]] in the Netherlands]]
[[File:Greenwheels Hengelo.jpg|thumb|Greenwheels [[Peugeot 107]] at [[Hengelo railway station|Station Hengelo]] in the Netherlands]]


Greenwheels fleet consists of subcompact (supermini or city car) or compact (compact MPV, leisure vehicles) that are better able to handle the narrow and congested streets found in European cities.<ref name="hollandtrade.com"/><ref>https://www.greenwheels.com/uk/Home/Private/step-inside/benefits{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Greenwheels fleet consists of subcompact (supermini or city car) or compact (compact MPV, leisure vehicles) that are better able to handle the narrow and congested streets found in European cities.<ref name="hollandtrade.com"/><ref>https://www.greenwheels.com/uk/Home/Private/step-inside/benefits {{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


In the Netherlands Greenwheels operates with Peugeot and Volkswagen vehicles:<ref>https://www.greenwheels.com/uk/Home/Private/step-inside/our-cars{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greenwheels.com/nl/Home/Particulieren/stap-in/Onze-auto-s|title=Onze auto's|work=greenwheels.com}}</ref>
In the Netherlands Greenwheels operates with mostly Volkswagen vehicles, VW up!, Variant and Caddy's:<ref>https://www.greenwheels.com/uk/Home/Private/step-inside/our-cars {{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greenwheels.com/nl/Home/Particulieren/stap-in/Onze-auto-s|title=Onze auto's|work=greenwheels.com}}</ref>

* [[Peugeot 107]]
* [[Peugeot 207]] - Netherlands only
* [[Peugeot iOn]] - Netherlands only
* [[Peugeot Partner]] - Netherlands only


In Germany Greenwheels uses Volkswagen vehicles:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greenwheels.com/de/geschaeftlich/ihre-autos|title=Unsere Fahrzeuge|work=greenwheels.com}}</ref>
In Germany Greenwheels uses Volkswagen vehicles:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greenwheels.com/de/geschaeftlich/ihre-autos|title=Unsere Fahrzeuge|work=greenwheels.com}}</ref>
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{commons category}}
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|https://www.greenwheels.com}}
* {{Official website|https://www.greenwheels.com}}

{{Vehicle rental brands}}
{{Vehicle rental brands}}
{{Authority control}}


[[Category:Transport in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Transport in the Netherlands]]

Latest revision as of 08:25, 21 June 2024

For similarly named entities, see Greenwheel (disambiguation).

Greenwheels
IndustryCarsharing
Founded1995 (1995)
[1]
FounderGijs van Lookeren Campagne[2] and Jan Borghuis[3]
HeadquartersRotterdam, Netherlands[1]
Area served
Germany (40+), Netherlands (130+)
Key people
Phillip Gronstedt - director, Andrew Berkhout - director [4]
ServicesCarsharing
Revenue13 millions € (2015)[5]
Number of employees
>50
DivisionsGreenwheels Germany
Websitewww.greenwheels.com

Greenwheels is the largest carsharing corporation in the Netherlands and also operates in Germany. Operations in the United Kingdom ceased on 1 March 2013.[6]

Founded as Collect Car B.V. on 21 June 1995 by Gijs van Lookeren Campagne and Jan Borghuis, who were inspired by car sharing by German students in the 1980s.[7] Now the biggest and most successful carsharing company of the Netherlands, Collect Car B.V., Rotterdam, - better known by its trademark 'Greenwheels' - bought the majority of the shares of StattAuto, a German carsharing company (founded in 1994 as StattAuto Hamburger CarSharing GmbH) in 2004. The car sharing firm received a financial boost by Dutch entrepreneur Eckart Wintzen[8] in 1997. By the end of 2005, Greenwheels owned 98.5% of StattAuto shares. Greenwheels also operated in London as Greenwheels UK until 1 March 2013.[6] In April 2013 it was announced that a consortium consisting of the Volkswagen Financial Services AG ( 60% ) and the Dutch VW importer Pon Holdings B.V. ( 40% ) acquired an unspecified amount of shares in CollectCar B.V.[9]

Early 2016, the CarSharing company Quicar in Hannover was acquired by Volkswagen Leasing GmbH. Greenwheels will continue 60 Quicar stations from 1 April 2016 and occupy a total of 80 vehicles of the types VW up !, VW Golf Variant 5th generation and VW Caddy .[5]

Locations[edit]

Greenwheels has extensive locations in mostly urban centres in Germany and Netherlands. In the UK, operations were only in the boroughs of Wandsworth and Lambeth, and closed on 1 March 2013 because Greenwheels UK "did not have enough members to continue our services".[6]

Fleet[edit]

Greenwheels Peugeot 107 at Station Hengelo in the Netherlands

Greenwheels fleet consists of subcompact (supermini or city car) or compact (compact MPV, leisure vehicles) that are better able to handle the narrow and congested streets found in European cities.[7][10]

In the Netherlands Greenwheels operates with mostly Volkswagen vehicles, VW up!, Variant and Caddy's:[11][12]

In Germany Greenwheels uses Volkswagen vehicles:[13]

Greenwheels VW up! in Germany

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Collect Car B.V.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Businessweek.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Dutch railways reinforce car-sharing project cooperation (The Netherlands)". Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  3. ^ http://www.worldtalkradio.com/worldtalkradio/vguest.aspx?gid=11056[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Impressum". greenwheels.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b Volkswagen Quicar - Neues Konzept für Carsharing, 15. Januar 2016
  6. ^ a b c "Greenwheels end all activities in UK". 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  7. ^ a b "Home | NL Platform". www.nlplatform.com.
  8. ^ "Article Categories - Mixonline". mixonline.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  9. ^ Autoflotte online: VW Financial Services steigt bei "Greenwheels" ein, 26 April 2013.
  10. ^ https://www.greenwheels.com/uk/Home/Private/step-inside/benefits [permanent dead link]
  11. ^ https://www.greenwheels.com/uk/Home/Private/step-inside/our-cars [permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Onze auto's". greenwheels.com.
  13. ^ "Unsere Fahrzeuge". greenwheels.com.

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