Communauto

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Communauto
TypePrivate
IndustryCar rental
Founded1994 (1994)
Headquarters
Montreal, Québec
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Canada
Area served
Quebec: Montreal, Quebec City, Gatineau, Sherbrooke Ontario: Toronto, Waterloo, Hamilton, London, Guelph, Kingston, Ottawa And: Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax & Paris, France
Key people
Benoît Robert (Chairman and CEO)
ServicesCar sharing
Number of employees
Equivalent to 68 full-time
Websitewww.communauto.com

Communauto is a Canadian carsharing company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, that operates in fourteen Canadian cities and Paris, France. As of March 2018 it had 40,000 users, and a fleet of approximately 2,000 free-floating and station-based vehicles.[1]

City coverage and partnerships[]

Communauto operates as Communauto (VRTUCAR) in seven cities in Ontario – Waterloo, Hamilton, London, Guelph, Kingston, Ottawa and Toronto.[2] It operates as Communauto in four cities in Quebec – Montreal, Quebec City, Gatineau and Sherbrooke, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, and Paris, France.

Communauto's users-per-vehicle ratio can rise in winter to 20 users per vehicle and drops to about 15 users per vehicle in summer.

History[]

Two VRTUCAR vehicles; VRTUCAR later merged with Communauto

Communauto was founded in Quebec City in 1994 by Benoît Robert, its current CEO. Cycling advocate and environmentalist Claire Morissette played a major role in its evolution starting in 1995, when Communauto established itself in Montreal as a private company.

Communauto acquired Paris, France-based Mobizen in 2012,[3] merged with Ottawa-based VRTUCAR in 2016,[4] and acquired CarShare Atlantic in 2018. [5]

Communauto's goal is to provide a convenient and economical alternative to owning a car.

Impact[]

The impact of carsharing in Quebec was evaluated in a study from Communauto and conducted by Tecsult Inc. in 2006.[6]

Cyber Attack[]

On January 8th, 2021 Communauto notified customers that it has been the victim of a cyber attack.[7] CEO Benoit Robert assured that no potentially sensitive data including account passwords or credit card information were accessed.

References[]

  1. ^ "Pogo Carshare joins Communauto Group" (Press release).
  2. ^ Carcasole, Mark (November 23, 2018). "Toronto's first free-floating car share ready to launch". Global News.
  3. ^ Metro France – "Communauto, l’Autolib’ québécois" (FRENCH) Archived 2008-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Communauto and Vrtucar merge to improve carsharing offer in Eastern Canada Français". 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  5. ^ "Growing Halifax's first carshare business". 2018-12-18. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  6. ^ "CO2 emissions reduced by 168 000 tons per year thanks to car-sharing" (Press release). Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Communauto has been the victim of a cyber attack". us9.campaign-archive.com.

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