For the past two decades, a growing number of Swiss drivers have preferred to share cars with complete strangers rather than actually own a vehicle themselves.
The most successful car-sharing scheme in Switzerland, the Mobility cooperative that boasts over 70,000 members, is celebrating its tenth birthday this month.
Car sharing has developed considerably in Switzerland over the past 20 years ever since the first two car co-ops, AutoTeilet Genossenschaft and ShareCom, were set up with 25 members and two cars in May 1987.
The two "ecological" collectives eventually merged in 1997 to form a more professional outfit, Mobility, which has since gone from strength to strength to become Switzerland and Europe's biggest carsharing network.
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