Autolib'

Autolib'
Company typePublic
IndustryCar rental
FoundedDecember 2011 (2011-12) (Paris)
October 2013 (2013-10) (Lyon)
January 2014 (2014-01) (Bordeaux)
Defunct31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
Area served
Paris, Bordeaux and Lyon
ServicesCarsharing
ParentBolloré
Websiteautolib.eu
autolibmetropole.fr

Autolib' was an electric car sharing service which was inaugurated in Paris, France, in December 2011. It closed on 31 July 2018.[1] It was operated by the Bolloré industry and complemented the city's bike sharing system, Velib', which was set up in 2007. The Autolib' service maintained a fleet of all-electric Bolloré Bluecars for public use on a paid subscription basis, employing a citywide network of parking and charging stations.[2][3] As of 3 July 2016, 3,980 Bluecars had been registered for the service and had more than 126,900 registered subscribers;[4][5] Autolib' furthermore offered 1,084 electric car stations in Paris agglomeration with 5,935 charging points.[6][7]

Since beginning operations in Paris, Autolib' expanded its business to the cities of Lyon and Bordeaux.[8][9] Bolloré also signed deals to begin operating offshoots of Autolib' in London and Indianapolis in 2015,[5][10][11] Turin in 2016 and Singapore in 2017.[12]

  1. ^ "Autopartage à Paris et en Île-de-France – 100% électrique | Autolib". Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
  2. ^ "All charged up for sharing". The Economist. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Autolib' in the Paris region: dissenting voices before the official launch". AFP via Google. 20 November 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
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  5. ^ a b "Electric 'Boris cars' are coming to London – how do they work in Paris?". The Guardian. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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  7. ^ "Tableau de bord du 3 juillet 2016". Autolib' Métropole. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016..
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  9. ^ "Bolloré inaugure ses Bluecub à Bordeaux". LesEchos.fr. 10 January 2014. Archived from the original on 24 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  10. ^ "French car-sharing service Autolib will make US debut in Indianapolis". AOL AutoBlog Green. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  11. ^ "BlueCar car-sharing affiliate will debut in Indianapolis early next year". AOL AutoBlog. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference StraitsTimes5000 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).