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Autolib' is an electric car sharing service which was inaugurated in Paris, France, in December 2011. It is operated by the Bolloré industrial group, and complements the city's bike sharing scheme, Velib', which was set up in 2007. The Autolib' scheme maintains a fleet of all-electric Bolloré Bluecars for public use on a paid subscription basis, employing a citywide network of parking and charging stations.〔("Autolib' in the Paris region: dissenting voices before the official launch" ). AFP via Google. 20 November 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2013.〕 , over 2,500 Bluecars have been registered for the service, and the scheme has more than 155,000 registered subscribers;〔 Autolib' furthermore offers over 4,000 electric car charging points in Paris.〔 Since beginning operations in Paris, Autolib' has expanded its business to the cities of Lyon and Bordeaux.〔 Bolloré has also signed deals to begin operating offshoots of Autolib' in London and Indianapolis in 2015.〔 ==History== The Autolib' system is a follow-up to Paris' successful Velib' bike sharing scheme, which began operations in 2007. The system's electric cars are supplied by the Bolloré industrial group, as the result of a collaboration with the Italian automotive firm Pininfarina. There are also plans to integrate payment for the bicycle and car hire schemes with the ticketing systems for traditional modes of public transport. In May 2012, Vincent Bolloré, the head of the Bolloré group, stated that he expected Autolib' to become profitable by 2018. Construction of the Autolib' stations began in mid-2011, and 66 of the scheme's Bolloré Bluecars were deployed for a two-month preliminary trial period between October and December 2011.〔 The system entered service on 5 December 2011, with an initial fleet of 250 Bluecars and 250 Autolib’ rental stations serving the city of Paris and its 45 surrounding communities. At the scheme's inception, car availability was a problematic issue, as more Parisians than expected subscribed to the service. Moreover, by early January 2012, up to 40 of the 250 cars in the initial fleet had been temporarily withdrawn from service to repair vandalism or malfunctions. By July 2012, 650 parking and charging stations had been deployed around Paris and the 46 communes participating in the scheme,〔 and by February 2013 there were 4,000 charging points.〔 The program's user base grew from 6,000 subscribers at the end of December 2011 to 27,000 in July 2012, and reached 37,000 by early October 2012, of which 13,000 had an annual subscription. During 2012, sales of electric cars in France were led by the Bolloré Bluecar deployed for Autolib', with 1,543 units registered, representing 28% of total all-electric cars registered in the country that year. Over 2,000 Bolloré Bluecars had been registered for Autolib' by September 2013. By late September 2012, Autolib's fleet reached the milestone of 500,000 rentals since its launch,〔 and the scheme's vehicles had been driven a cumulative total of by February 2013. By mid-October 2013, the service had provided over 3 million rentals, with an average of 10,000 rentals per day.〔 By July 2014, Autolib' had 2,500 operational vehicles and over 150,000 subscribers, and its cars had covered a cumulative mileage of over since the scheme's introduction.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Autolib'」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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