Free2Move is a French company based in

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, subsidiary of

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, founded in

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, offering a car-sharing service in 16 cities around the world, including

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, Paris and

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. Free2Move Carsharing Solutions Inc, formerly PSA North America Carsharing Solutions Inc, is Free2Move's U.S. subsidiary, initially located in

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, before being relocated into the

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headquarters in

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History

2016: Creation by PSA Group

On 28 September 2016, Carlos Tavares, CEO of the PSA Peugeot-Citroën Group, announced the launch of Free2Move. This new brand federates, through a platform, all new mobility services to satisfy the different travel needs of its 15 million customers.

2017: Acquisition of TravelCar and expansion into the US

In 2017, the French group PSA

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acquired 22% of the French start-up TravelCar, founded by Ahmed Mhiri, before increasing its stake to 99% in 2019, integrating it into Free2Move in 2020. In the same year, PSA took over GHM Mobile Development's entire stake in the German start-up CarJump, which develops a car-sharing solutions application. Its director, Michel Stumpe, will continue to manage the application, which will be integrated into Free2Move. On 25 October 2018,

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(Peugeot-Citroën) made its return to the US official with the launch of Free2Move in Washington with its subsidiary PSA North America Carsharing Solutions, Inc. Until the group's vehicles are approved, the service will offer cars from

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. Germany's Michel Stumpe appointed head of PSA North America's Carsharing Solutions division.

2022: acquisition of Share Now

In 2020, Free2Move had almost 1.2 million customers worldwide and is present in 170 countries. In 2022,

(formerly PSA and

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) acquired the German carsharing company Share Now (formerly Car2go and DriveNow), the European leader in the sector formed by

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and

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, which was making heavy losses. The company is gradually integrated into Free2Move.

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