The Autolib' service maintained a fleet of all-electric Bolloré Bluecars for public use on a paid subscription basis, employing a citywide network of parking and charging stations.

The system's electric cars were supplied by the Bolloré industrial group, as the result of a collaboration with the Italian automotive firm Pininfarina.

[13] There were also plans to integrate payment for the bicycle and car hire services with the ticketing systems for traditional modes of public transport.

[16] Construction of the Autolib' stations began in mid-2011, and 66 of the Bolloré Bluecars were deployed for a two-month preliminary trial period between October and December 2011.

[6] 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.

[4][25] By late September 2012, Autolib's fleet reached the milestone of 500,000 rentals since its launch,[21][26] and its vehicles had been driven a cumulative total of 15,000,000 km (9,300,000 mi) by February 2013.

[4] By July 2014, Autolib' had 2,500 operational vehicles and over 150,000 subscribers, and its cars had covered a cumulative mileage of over 30,000,000 km (19,000,000 mi) since the service's introduction.

The ruling implied that the name had to be changed on all 1,800 Autolib' cars, docking stations and subscriber cards, and also required that all of the business's advertising to be rewritten.

[30] After the ruling, the City of Paris and Europcar began negotiating an agreement to solve the brand name conflict.

According to Bolloré, the real-time telemetric monitoring system did not register a thermal runaway problem with the car's battery when the fire started.

[35][36] In early 2013, the Bolloré Group announced plans to launch a similar car-sharing service in Lyon and Bordeaux, but under a different brand name and with no cost to the cities.

Bolloré's proposal was to fund the entire infrastructure, install and provide the vehicles, and cover the costs of maintenance and repairs.

[37] Bolloré's Lyon service, dubbed BlueLy, began in October 2013 with an initial fleet of 130 vehicles and 51 parking and charging stations.

[21][46] In February 2013 Bolleré announced the start of retail sales of the Bluecar, and for an optional monthly fee of €15, owners could have access to the Autolib' network of charging stations around Paris.

[48][49] In January 2013, a similar leasing deal was reached with Crédit Agricole, the largest retail banking group in France.