The BMW Group and Daimler are joining forces to offer customers a single source for sustainable urban mobility services.
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The two companies today signed an agreement to merge their mobility services business units. Subject to examination and approval by the responsible competition authorities, the BMW Group and Daimler plan to combine and strategically expand their existing on-demand mobility offering in the areas of CarSharing, Ride-Hailing, Parking, Charging and Multimodality.
Each company will hold a 50-percent stake in a joint-venture model comprising both companies’ mobility services. The two companies will remain competitors in their respective core businesses.
The aim of this transaction is to become a leading provider of innovative mobility services.
Both automotive manufacturers aim to shape the mobility of the future to be able to offer their customers unique experiences and support their partners, such as cities and communes, in achieving sustainable urban mobility.
The partners intend to offer their customers a holistic ecosystem of intelligent, seamlessly connected mobility services, available at the tap of a finger.
Together, the BMW Group and Daimler plan to grow this new business model sustainably and enable rapid global scaling of services.
Working as partners, both companies are thereby addressing the challenges arising from urban mobility and changing customer wishes, and cooperating with cities, municipalities and other interest groups to improve quality of life in major cities.
The merger will promote electromobility, for example, by offering electrified CarSharing vehicles, as well as easy access to charging and parking options.
As a result, it will become even easier to experience and use sustainable mobility services. ■
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