German automaker Daimler continued to invest in a series of new transportation services and recently paid $ 85 million to acquire the remaining 25% of Car2Go, a car rental service company Europcar, which will use the money to invest in new transportation Service, some speculation that Daimler will merge with Car2Go and DriveNow, according to TechCrunch reports that Car2Go entered the European market through a joint venture with Europcar in 2011 with about 1 million subscribers in North America and 3 million globally. Has also just met the new largest shareholder, which is the Chinese car maker Geely, Geely also owns the Swedish car brand Volvo (Volvo). Daimler in recent years has been investing in and acquisition of regional car service, such as the Paris Chauffeur Prive, Uber is not the same, except Car2Go, Daimler is also involved in other types of multiply mode, such as the acquisition of parking applications (App) start-up Flinc, also invest in shuttle bus Via, even including battery start-ups As a result, Daimler is widely invested in co-location services, as Jorg Lamparter, head of Daimler Transportation Services, said through ' Combination 'to achieve the goal, they increase its investment in recent months, in order to establish a comprehensive transportation system, the acquisition is part of Car2Go strategy.
