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{{Short description|Carsharing corporation}} |
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{{For|similarly named entities|Greenwheel (disambiguation)}} |
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'''Greenwheels''' is the largest [[carsharing]] corporation in the [[Netherlands]]. |
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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|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> |
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| 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> |
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| location = [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]<ref name="businessweek.com"/> |
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| area_served = Germany (40+), Netherlands (130+) |
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| 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> |
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| industry = [[Carsharing]] |
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| revenue = 13 millions € (2015)<ref name=WiWO2016>[http://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/auto/volkswagen-quicar-neues-konzept-fuer-carsharing/12826576.html ''Volkswagen Quicar - Neues Konzept für Carsharing''], 15. Januar 2016</ref> |
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| num_employees = >50 |
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| divisions = Greenwheels Germany |
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| homepage = {{URL|https://www.greenwheels.com}} |
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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> |
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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. |
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In 2004, 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 StattAuto shares. By the end of 2005, Greenwheels kept 98.5% of StattAuto shares. |
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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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Early 2016, the CarSharing company Quicar in [[Hannover]] was acquired by [[:de:Volkswagen Leasing|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 .<ref name=WiWO2016 /> |
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==Locations== |
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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"/> |
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==Fleet== |
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[[File:Greenwheels Hengelo.jpg|thumb|Greenwheels [[Peugeot 107]] at [[Hengelo railway station|Station Hengelo]] in the Netherlands]] |
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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> |
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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> |
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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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[[File:Greenwheels de.jpg|thumb|Greenwheels [[VW up!]] in Germany]] |
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* [[VW up!]] |
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* [[:de:VW Golf Variant|VW Golf Variant]] 5th generation |
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* [[VW Caddy]] |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* {{Official website|https://www.greenwheels.com}} |
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[[Category:Transport in the Netherlands]] |
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Latest revision as of 08:25, 21 June 2024
This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2013) |
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.