[1] Mobility offers 2,930 vehicles at 1,500 sites and 200 scooters in Zurich for private customers as well as for companies.

[1] Mobility was founded in 1997 with the merger of the two Swiss car sharing cooperatives AutoTeilet-Genossenschaft (ATG) and ShareCom.

Mobility CarSharing was formed from the merger between ATG and ShareCom in 1997: its registered headquarters were in Zurich and it had 17’400 customers and 760 vehicles.

These expensive technical facilities imposed a considerable financial burden on the company and a restructuring programme was initiated in the year 2000.

Since then, Mobility has continuously increased its number of cooperative members and customers as well as adding more vehicles and sites.

[4] As of 1 October 2007 the company's registered headquarters was moved to Lucerne, where the cooperative's operational centre was already located.

Their striking red colour is the company's main hallmark, making the vehicles clearly recognizable throughout Switzerland.

One of the key considerations for Mobility's vehicle management programme is sustainability: according to the company itself, its entire fleet achieves emissions averaging 97 g CO2/km.

Once the vehicle has been returned, the on-board computer once again relays the trip details via email or text message for invoicing purposes.

This is due to the fact that it collaborates with various public transportation companies so as to provide interconnected mobility services.

The study also shows that car sharing has a positive impact on energy consumption: it leads to a reduction in CO2 emissions of 20’500 tonnes per year.

ETH Zurich is conducting a scientific investigation into how Catch a Car impacts on the mobility behaviour of individual members.