StattAuto

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StattAuto CarSharing GmbH, Berlin, was the first carsharing corporation in Germany and the second worldwide. Already starting with one old private car in 1988 it was legally founded as a limited liability company in 1990. In 1998 StattAuto CarSharing GmbH, Berlin, united with - 1992 founded - StattAuto Hamburger CarSharing GmbH, Hamburg, and formed a Public Limited Company (PLC) with nearly 1.400 shareholders. Most of them were active customers.

In December 2001 StattAuto became the first cooperation partner of DB (national German Railways) and got the right to distribute and operate the new carsharing trademark ´DB CarSharing` exclusively in Berlin and Hamburg.

In 2004 StattAuto offered carsharing services in Berlin, Hamburg, Potsdam and Rostock.

Also in 2004 the biggest and most successful carsharing company of the Netherlands, Collect Car B.V., Rotterdam, - better known under its trademark `Greenwheels` - bought the majority of StattAuto shares. At the end of the year 2005 Greenwheels kept 98,5% of StattAuto shares.

In June 2005 StattAuto/Greenwheels introduced the most transparent and compact tariff structure ever offered in German carsharing. The former StattAuto tariff had not been offered since that date to new customers anymore.

Also in 2005 StattAuto/Greenwheels underlined cooperation contracts with three regional public transport authorities - VBB (Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg), HVV (Hamburger Verkehrsverbund), VVW (Verkehrsverbund Warnow, Rostock). Public transport customers with subscription tickets can use StattAuto/Greenwheels cars without any deposite and monthly fee. The combined mobility public transport and car-sharing is assumed by StattAuto as the most economical and ecological traffic concept for urban agglomerations in the future.

In December 2005 the General Assembly of shareholders decided to change the name of the company from ´StattAuto CarSharing AG` to ´Greenwheels AG`.

StattAuto is a member of ´Bundesverband CarSharing` / bcs (i.e. national German Association of CarSharing) which has its headquarter in Hannover. bcs is the lobbying network of nearly all German carsharing companies, tries to improve the political conditions under which carsharing takes place in Germany and offers car services and insurances for its members. In the year 2005 there were about 85,000 car-sharers in more than 250 towns and communities in Germany using 2.500 cars at 1.500 locations.