22.9 million customers worldwide rely on mobility services from Daimler

Daimler Financial Services AG announced a new record in total number of customer for mobility services worldwide. In May 2018, the customer base for car2go, moovel and mytaxi totalled 22.9 million customers. This corresponds to an 88 percent increase year over year, compared to May 2017.

Mytaxi posted the strongest growth, 116%, compared to the previous year (14.9 million customers). Moovel, an urban mobility company, enabling seamless multimodal experiences and connected transit commerce through mobile applications, has grown by 74% in comparison to the previous year (4.8 million customers). Car2go, the market leader in free-floating car sharing, accounted for approximately 3.2 million customers worldwide at the end of May 2018 (+25 percent compared to the previous-year period). Customers are now benefiting from Daimler mobility offerings in more than 100 cities in Europe, China, North and South America.

Bodo Uebber, Board Member of Daimler AG responsible for Finance & Controlling and Daimler Financial Services: "Close to 23 million customers today rely on our mobility services. This growth clearly demonstrates that we are delighting new customers with our services worldwide. As the inventor of the automobile, Daimler will not leave the stage to others when it comes to urban mobility of the future. With the announcement of a planned joint venture with BMW, we are taking a further step toward strategic bundling and efficiency of our services. We expect our mobility services to further complement metropolises and future smart cities."

Last month, Daimler Financial Services invested in the transport service provider called taxify through a recent round of financing. The Estonian-based company is one of the most rapidly growing ride-hailing services worldwide, already active in 20 countries and more than 25 cities.

This latest addition of digital mobility services expands Daimler Financial Services portfolio, which includes shares in the shuttle service Via, the limousine driver service Blacklane and the American peer-to-peer car-sharing platform Turo, among others. In addition, Daimler Financial Services has been a shareholder in Flixmobility, the mobility provider for the FlixBus and FlixTrain brands, since 2013.

Klaus Entenmann, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at Daimler Financial Services AG: "Our offerings are already aligned to the urban mobility of tomorrow.10,000 purely electric trips daily give us important data and information today for developing an intelligent infrastructure for the electric age. At the same time, car sharing, ride-hailing or app-based communal trips contribute to keeping the air clean and reducing traffic in inner-city areas. Our aim remains emission-free mobility."