Soon an omnichannel carpooling giant in France? The company Blablacar announces today that it has carried out a project to acquire another player in carpooling: the start-up Klaxit. The declared objective of one of the leaders of the sector in France is to “strengthen its short-distance car sharing offer to communities and companies”. It would be, therefore, an extension “in addition to the existing activity for the general public.”
Founded in 2012, Klaxit has more than 350 client companies, including 80% of the CAC 40 companies, plus some fifty municipalities whose inhabitants can benefit from subsidies for their car-sharing trips. For its part, BlaBlaCar has 100 million members who share rides by carpool and bus in 22 countries. “By 2024, this union could lead to the merger of Klaxit and BlaBlaCar Daily into a single application, bringing together the strengths of each to offer an optimized service for all users, communities and businesses,” the company said in a statement.
A favorable context for the development of carpooling
The announcement of this takeover project comes as the government recently launched a car-sharing scheme to make car-sharing more widespread, including the introduction of the €100 double car-sharing bonus. “There are still more than 10 million motorists who take their car alone every day, so the effort to offer them solutions adapted to their needs and their conditions is even more important to move more economically and ecologically”, Blablacar insists in the Press release.
With this project, the co-founder and CEO of BlaBlaCar intends to further contribute to the goal of 4.5 million tons of CO2 avoided each year, while BlaBlaCar already saves 1.6 million tons per year.
Source: BFM TV
