Sunfleet

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Sunfleet is a station-based car-sharing company that provides services to rent and share cars in Sweden.

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Creation and ownership

It was founded in 1998 as a collaboration between Volvo and Hertz but it is today wholly owned by Volvo Cars. [1]

Plans

As of 2017, it operates in more than 50 cities in Sweden and has 50,000 users using 1,200 Volvo cars. There are plans to expand the company to operate globally. [2]

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References

  1. "Volvo creates a car sharing unit – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  2. "Volvo is taking its Sunfleet car-sharing service global". SlashGear. 2017-01-14. Retrieved 2018-06-02.