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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">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nlplatform.com/?bstnum=2702|title=Home | 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>
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Industry | Carsharing |
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Founded | 1995 [1] |
Founder | Gijs van Lookeren Campagne[2] and Jan Borghuis[3] |
Headquarters | Rotterdam, Netherlands[1] |
Area served | Germany (40+), Netherlands (130+) |
Key people | Phillip Gronstedt - director, Andrew Berkhout - director [4] |
Services | Carsharing |
Revenue | 13 millions € (2015)[5] |
Number of employees | >50 |
Divisions | Greenwheels Germany |
Website | www |
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 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]
- VW up!
- VW Golf Variant 5th generation
- VW Caddy
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Collect Car B.V.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Businessweek.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013.
- ^ "Dutch railways reinforce car-sharing project cooperation (The Netherlands)". Archived from the original on 6 January 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ http://www.worldtalkradio.com/worldtalkradio/vguest.aspx?gid=11056[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Impressum". greenwheels.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019.
- ^ a b Volkswagen Quicar - Neues Konzept für Carsharing, 15. Januar 2016
- ^ a b c "Greenwheels end all activities in UK". 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Home | NL Platform". www.nlplatform.com.
- ^ "Article Categories - Mixonline". mixonline.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ Autoflotte online: VW Financial Services steigt bei "Greenwheels" ein, 26 April 2013.
- ^ https://www.greenwheels.com/uk/Home/Private/step-inside/benefits [permanent dead link]
- ^ https://www.greenwheels.com/uk/Home/Private/step-inside/our-cars [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Onze auto's". greenwheels.com.
- ^ "Unsere Fahrzeuge". greenwheels.com.