myDriver

myDriver
Native name
 MD Digital Mobility GmbH & Co. KG
chauffeur
ISIN DE285387354
Industry Chauffeur Service
Founded 2012
Founder Alexander Sixt
Headquarters Neue Grünstraße 17, 10179 Berlin, Deutschland, Berlin, Germany
Area served
 Germany Paris Antibes Belfort Bordeaux Cannes Lille Lyon Marseilles Menton Nice Saint-Tropez Strasbourg Toulouse Rome MilanTurin Venice Florence Pisa Verona Vienna Innsbruck Salzburg Graz Linz Brussels Antwerp Ghent Leuven Prague Paris Monaco Amsterdam Rotterdam The Hague Bucharest Bratislava Barcelona Madrid Bilboa Valencia Majorca Málaga Ankara Istanbul London Birmingham Manchester Liverpool Leeds Copenhagen Stockholm Adana Luxembourg San Sebastian Antalya Bucharest
Key people
 Konrad Thoma (CEO) , Andreas Goschler Managing Director
Number of employees
 100 (2016)
Website https://www.mydriver.com

myDriver is an international chauffeur company that operates in over 15 countries and over 140 cities across Europe.[1] myDriver is a subsidiary company from Sixt[2] and is part of the Sixt Ventures group which includes other business ventures such as DriveNow, Autohaus24, Preis24. The company is 100% owned and funded by Sixt.[3]

History

myDriver was founded in 2013 in Berlin, Germany. It began offering an alternative taxi service which incorporates some of the luxury aspects of a chauffeur service while remaining price competitive with regular taxis.[4][5][6][7] The creation of the myDriver brand was mainly pushed by the growing demand for limousine services and the expansion of the Sixt transportation services. myDriver was founded by Carl Schuster, Andreas Goschler and Oliver Mickler[8][9] as a new venture of Sixt. myDriver launched its service at the beginning of 2013 in large German cities: Munich, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover, Cologne, Leipzig, Bremen, Stuttgart, Nuremberg and Dresden.

2014

In 2014 myDriver continued expansion throughout Germany and started testing international expansion with test cities in Paris, and Vienna.[10][11][12]

2015

In the end of 2015 myDriver launched internationally in France, Austria and the Netherlands[13][14] and became bookable Germany-wide.[15][16]

2016

myDriver has continued international expansion in Europe in 2016 launching in these countries Spain, United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Monaco, Romania, Czech Republic and Turkey.[17][18][19][20][21][22]

Services

myDriver focuses on both corporate and private customers, providing services by four different car segments: First class (e.g. Mercedes-Benz S, BMW 7s, Jaguar XJ), Business class (e.g. Mercedes-Benz Es, BMW 5s, Jaguar XF), Economy class (e.g. Volkswagen Passat,), VAN (e.g. Mercedes-Benz Viano, Vito).[23][24] Customers book trip via the platform, hotline or application for Apple, Android and Blackberry smartphones at least 60 minutes before the service starts.[25][26]

myDriver cooperates with 1500 external partners.[27] In Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Düsseldorf myDriver has taxi licences and own fleet consist of 60 cars.

Corporate affairs

myDriver was created as an alternative to conventional taxis[28] with the purpose to provide high quality limousine service with competitive price on the market. myDriver’s goal is to follow the current trend in limousine service industry and meet the needs of the future..

myDriver is headquartered in Berlin with over 100 employees.[29]

References

  1. ↑ "myDriver Cities". www.mydriver.com. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Sixt steuert mit Car-Sharing auf die Gewinnzone zu". www.die-glocke.de. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  3. ↑ "myDriver". Sixt Ventures. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  4. ↑ "Uber-Reaktion: Warum Sixt für den Chauffeur-Service Mydriver eine eigene Kampagne schaltet". HORIZONT. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  5. ↑ Gribnitz, René. "US-Limousinen-Service Uber testet Angebot in Berlin". www.morgenpost.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  6. ↑ "Sixt startet mit myDriver international durch". mietwagen-news.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  7. ↑ "AWD-Gründer Maschmeyer investiert in Blacklane - Sixt startet myDriver". deutsche-startups.de - News zu Startups, Venture Capital und digitalen Jobs. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  8. ↑ "MyDriver". Gründerszene. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  9. ↑ "In diesem Berliner Büro plant MyDriver seine Expansion". Gründerszene Magazin. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  10. ↑ "myDriver startet internationale Expansion - Startup Valley". Startup Valley (in German). Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  11. ↑ "Preiskampf auf der Straße: Wie Startups einen Taxi-Krieg auslösen". t3n Magazin. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  12. ↑ "Taxi-Schreck per App - Auto per Smartphone buchen - Auto-News - Rhein-Zeitung". www.rhein-zeitung.de. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  13. ↑ "myDriver – Der neue Chauffeurservice in Paris". Touristen in Paris. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  14. ↑ Holzer, Nicole. "Sixt: My Driver wird international". FIRMENAUTO. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  15. ↑ "Automotive Disrupt - turmoil in transportation". michaelbrecht.com. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  16. ↑ "myDriver – Der neue Chauffeurservice in Paris". Touristen in Paris. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  17. ↑ "Nuevo servicio de alta calidad con chófer". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  18. ↑ "MyDriver llega a España con su servicio de chófer y mete más presión al taxi". sabemosdigital.com. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  19. ↑ "Sixt's Transportation Service Launches in Chicago - News - Auto Rental News". www.autorentalnews.com. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  20. ↑ Autofácil. "La solución de my Driver para los días con restricciones por contaminación en Madrid". www.autofacil.es. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  21. ↑ Lobby, Motor. "Nuevas soluciones de movilidad para la ciudad". esdiario.es. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  22. ↑ "Türkiye'de hızla genişleyen 'şoförle araç kiralama' rekabetine şubat ayından itibaren Alman firması Sixt de 'mydriver' de dâhil olacak.". Abhaz Haber. 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  23. ↑ "Fahrservice in Berlin: Mit Chauffeur zur Currywurst - Berlin - Tagesspiegel". www.tagesspiegel.de. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  24. ↑ "Chauffeur and limousine service | myDriver by Sixt". www.mydriver.com. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  25. ↑ Madridiario. "Solución 'my Driver' para las restricciones por contaminación en Madrid". Madridiario. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  26. ↑ "Alternativas de movilidad para la ciudad". La Gaceta. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  27. ↑ News.de-Redaktion. "Verkehr: Sixt-Fahrdienst My Driver sieht große Marktchancen". News.de. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  28. ↑ Sixt-Fahrdienst My Driver sieht große Marktchancen. Nordkurier.
  29. ↑ "Türkiye'deki şoförlü araç rekabetine 'Sixt' de girdi!". Radikal. Retrieved 2016-04-12.

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