| cambio Carsharing | |
|---|---|
| Legal status | Limited commercial partnership (Kommanditgesellschaft) |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Location | Bremen, Germany |
| Leadership |
Joachim Schwarz |
| Employees | 139 |
| Turnover | >12 Millions € (2010) |
| Sector | Carsharing und support for carsharing-companies |
| Website | cambio-carsharing.com |
cambio CarSharing is a carsharing company which was formed in 2000 as a merger of several carsharing companies in different cities. It enables the use of cars, so that customers, as far possible, do not need to own a car - hence the term "car sharing".
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Currently, the cambio-group in Germany and Belgium has over 43,000 customers and provides more than 1,300 vehicles at 400 stations. The group is one of the three largest carsharing companies in Germany.[1]
The Locations of cambio in Germany are Aachen, Berlin, Bonn, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Bielefeld, Hamburg, Cologne, Lüneburg, Oldenburg, Saarbrücken, Uelzen, Winsen and Wuppertal. The cambio locations in Belgium in 22 cities, for example: Aarlen, Antwerp, Bergen, Bruges, Brussels, Chiny, Ghent, Hasselt, Kortrijk, Leuven, Lier, Liège, Mechelen, Mons, Namur, Oostende, Ottignies, Turnhout and Zwijndrecht.
The vehicles can be booked by customers via the internet or by telephone anytime - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The travel time can be between one hour and 30 days. Depending on the station and the type of car, bookings with no end time specified are possible.
The booking is transferred within minutes to the vehicle station. At the station, the key safe or vehicle can be opened with a customer's smart card. After returning the car, the trip-data for billing is transferred automatically to headquarters.
The number of kilometers driven and the trip time are calculated. Fuel, car insurance, taxes, maintenance and depreciation are included.
The cambio Mobility Services GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 2000 by the merger of carsharing company StadtteilAutoAachen, StadtAuto Bremen and Stadtauto Köln. StadtAuto Bremen and Stadtteilauto Aachen worked separately since 1990, Stadtauto Köln since 1992.
In 2000 Stadtteilauto Aachen brought a newly formed subsidiary into the group, the Saarmobil Carsharing GmbH. In October 2001, the Bielefeld carsharing company CityMobil joined the cambio Group. In April 2003 the Oldenburg carsharing-club StadtTeilAuto was changed to cambio Oldenburg and also in 2003 cambio Hamburg was opened.
cambio Belgium has been in Wallonia since 2000, since 2003 in Brussels, and since 2004 in Flanders. cambio Belgium has about 8430 customers and 405 cars at 171 stations (June 2011).
The cambio Mobility Services GmbH & Co. KG itself operates no carsharing service, but provides central services, especially software and call center services, for all subsidiaries and partners.
In 2005 the Carsharing Service GmbH (CSS) as a subsidiary was founded. The company offers, data processing and call centers for other carsharing companies.
Since 2008 cambio exists in Berlin and under the name GoCar in Ireland (Dublin and Cork).
In 2009 the regional provider Campus Mobile was taken over, and with 700 customers, campus mobile has one of the highest number of customers per capita.
In 2010, cambio took over the former carsharing service Carriba of the Stadtwerke Wuppertal and continued the service under its own brand.
In 2010, the service and the quality of cambio in the cities of Aachen, Bielefeld and Cologne, was awarded with the "Service-Test Engel des ADAC NRW".[2]
Since March 2011 cambio and Greenpeace Energy have provided fully electric vehicles, which are usable in the city of Hamburg. The vehicles are charged from the surplus energy of 100% renewable-energy power plants.
In May 2011 cambio has been awarded for "environmentally-friendly transport services" and received the "blauen Engel".
In November 2011 cambio opens two carsharing stations in the city of Bonn, the company is now represented in 14 German cities.