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More than a billion for mobility platform FreeNow: Uber makes Daimler and BMW an almost immoral offer

2020-10-21T12:27:56.965Z


The US company would like to take over FreeNow, the joint mobility platform of the two car manufacturers - and is offering more than one billion euros. However, a deal would not be without risk.


Broker: Customers can order taxis through FreeNow.

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Oliver Zipse

(56) demands strong leadership from his people, and in mid-October he once again instilled it into his more than 60 board members and department heads.

One of the BMW bosses rules is that there is no board meeting without a decision.

Anyone who does not work as intended by the chairman can leave

For the second time since taking office a year ago, he has swapped a whole group of divisional heads.

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Look closely: BMW boss Oliver Zipse.

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Zipse could now say goodbye to one of the most important cooperation projects of recent years.

FreeNow, the taxi joint venture between BMW and Daimler, should go out.

Uber boss

Dara Khosrowshahi

(51) made the Germans an almost immoral offer;

Industry circles speak of a high three-digit million amount for each partner.

The two premium manufacturers would have made up at least part of their losses.

After long and difficult negotiations, the competitors merged their mobility services in February 2019 to form the YourNow holding company.

This also includes the ShareNow car sharing joint venture, which combines the DriveNow (BMW) and Car2Go (Daimler) brands.

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Source: spiegel

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