---
title: "PSA Emov All-Electric Car-Sharing Service Expands to Lisbon"
description: "PSA Groupe's Emov car-sharing services will expand to a second European city."
date: "2018-03-19"
modified: "2018-03-19"
authors:
  - name: "Stephen Edelstein"
    job_title: "Weekend Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/stephen-edelstein"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/tech/19390/psa-emov-all-electric-car-sharing-service-expands-to-lisbon"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "News"
tags:
  - "car-sharing"
  - "Electric Cars"
  - "europe"
  - "Groupe PSA"
  - "portugal"
  - "PSA Group"
---

# PSA Emov All-Electric Car-Sharing Service Expands to Lisbon

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PSA Groupe is expanding its Emov all-electric car-sharing service to a second European city. The service launched in Madrid in December 2016, and will soon be available in Portugal as well. Multiple automakers operate their own car-sharing services, but PSA claims to be the first to operate in Lisbon with an all-electric fleet.

Emov will launch in the Portuguese capital with 150 Citroën C-Zero electric cars. These are re-badged versions of the [Mitsubishi i-MiEV](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/13235/the-mitsubishi-i-miev-is-discontinued-in-america>), the tiny electric hatchback Mitsubishi sold in the United States from 2011 to 2017. Citroën sibling Peugeot sells its own version, called the iOn. As with other car-sharing services, Lisbon residents can book cars using a smartphone app. In a press release, PSA said it would emphasize travel to and from the local airport.

The expansion to Lisbon comes after a successful launch in Madrid. PSA claims 160,000 residents of the Spanish capital are using Emov, and it currently has 600 Citroën C-Zero electric cars operating in the city. PSA plans to set up a corporate-accounts version of Emov in Madrid, allowing businesses to use the service to coordinate transportation for employees.

Services like Emov, as well as BMW's ReachNow and Daimler's Car2Go, give automakers a foothold in the expanding mobility-services business. These services may erode new-car sales by lessening the need for urban residents to own cars, but they also give automakers a new potential source of revenue. PSA hopes car sharing will give something else as well.

The French automaker is planning a gradual return to the U.S. market that begins with mobility services. [It launched Free2Move](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/15235/groupe-psa-re-enters-u-s-market>), which allows users to select multiple transportation options from a smartphone app, in Seattle last year. That will help reintroduce PSA to Americans ahead of the relaunch of one its brands in the U.S., [slated for 2026](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/17864/psa-groupe-plans-gradual-reentry-into-u-s-market>).

## Author
Stephen has always been passionate about cars, and managed to turn that passion into a career as a freelance automotive journalist. When he's not handling weekend coverage for The Drive, you can find him looking for a new book to read.

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