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SMEG “Car-sharing electric vehicles

is a wonderful opportunity

to reduce urban pollution”

Mobee, Monaco’s car-sharing service, has turned a new corner and is now entirely run by
the SMEG. Sébastien Lubert, Auto Sharing Project Manager, explains their objectives: to
offer a real alternative to owning a car and a flexible mobility solution to companies.

What is Mobee? the SMEG, which can also count on the daily successfully move towards carbon neutrality. I
Mobee is an electric car-sharing service, involvement of the public parking service, which should point out that one car-share is equivalent
launched in 2014 as an initiative by the Princely receives vehicles in more than 30 car parks and to, on average, five individual vehicles (thus
government. With just a simple smartphone, provides invaluable assistance. cancelling out the carbon emissions linked
all users can get about and park very easily in to their production) and frees up four parking
Monaco and the surrounding areas. Subscription What experience does the SMEG have in spaces. On top of that, the fact that our service
to the service is free, 100% online and there electric mobility solutions? is based solely upon electrified vehicles results
are no strings attached. When the Monaco For several years, we have duly noted this major in extra environmental benefits. Lastly, using
government was looking for a partnership revolution and, as a consequence, we spent a the car-sharing service represents significant
to give a new push to the service, SMEG put lot of energy creating evZen, our turnkey offer savings for the user (around €2,000 per year
together a very ambitious development plan, in of charging stations for electric vehicles. From per person for an annual distance of 5,000
line with the Principality’s clean mobility policy. the beginning, our approach was centred on kilometres).
Henceforth, the service will be entirely run by drivers and quality service. The fact that we
now want to extend What is your offer for businesses?
our mobility services Companies can sign up to the Mobee Pro service
for customers even to give their employees a suitable way to get
further is, in reality, a around, whilst at the same time eliminating
very natural outcome the cost of purchasing and maintaining a car
from our initial and paying for parking. It’s also something
position. that appeals to staff, as they are able to take
advantage of free membership of the Club
What is the objective Mobee for their personal shopping trips (half
of such a service in the price of the non-member rate). Also, there
the Principality? is the Mobee Fleet service, for companies who
The objective of this want to create an internal car-sharing service
completely new kind with their own vehicles. In order to facilitate
of car-sharing service the evolution to electric vehicles, with our
is two-fold: first of all, new service evZen, we can also offer turnkey
to replace the need solutions for vehicle recharge.
for a second – or
even first – vehicle SOME FIGURES
for Monaco residents; Transport, a vital sector of the economy
and secondly, to
offer a competitive and daily life, remains responsible
mobility solution for some 30% of carbon emissions
suitable for working in Monaco and is also a source of
people. Electric car- much noise and air pollution. It is also
sharing is a wonderful associated with traffic and parking
opportunity to reduce problems.
urban pollution and to

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