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Stuttgart/ Chongqing – In less than two months, more than 78,000 customers have registered with car2go in China. For comparison: After between four to five years, the biggest car2go locations in Europe and North America have approximately 100,000 to 130,000 registered customers per city.

More than 40,000 vehicle rentals within this period mean that one of the 400 car2go vehicles in Chongqing is rented every 1.7 minutes. With this start, car2go has created an important alternative to owning one's own car and thus a valuable addition to the local public transport system in Chongqing with its 30 million inhabitants.

"The start in Chongqing far exceeds our expectations", says Roland Keppler, CEO of car2go. "The Chinese customers are really enthusiastic about the service and make intensive use of the vehicles."

Rainer Becker, CEO of car2go China Co., Ltd., adds: "The good development in Chongqing could not have happened without the great openness and pioneering spirit of our Chinese customers. More and more users are finding the car2go vehicles to be the perfect supplement to their mobility requirements and an expression of their modern lifestyle."

Chongqing is the first car2go location in Asia. There are currently 400 smart fortwo vehicles spread over approximately 60 square kilometers of the central city areas of Chongqing including Yubei, Jiangbei and Yuzhong. The car2go vehicles save on parking spaces, reduce air pollution and improve the traffic situation in the city.