myDriver
{{short description|International chauffeur company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = myDriver
| native_name = Sixt Chauffeur Reservation Systems GmbH & Co. KG
| logo =Mydriver.png
| logo_alt = mydriver Logo
| image =
| type = Chauffeur
| founder = Alexander Sixt
| area_served = Germany Paris Antibes Belfort Bordeaux Cannes Lille Lyon Marseilles Menton Nice Saint-Tropez Strasbourg Toulouse Rome MilanTurin Venice Florence Pisa Verona Vienna Innsbruck Salzburg Graz Linz Brussels Antwerp Ghent Leuven Prague Paris Monaco Amsterdam Rotterdam The Hague Bucharest Bratislava Barcelona Madrid Bilbao Valencia Majorca Málaga Ankara Istanbul London Birmingham Manchester Liverpool Leeds Copenhagen Stockholm Adana Luxembourg San Sebastian Antalya Bucharest
| key_people = Konrad Thoma (CEO) , Johannes Boeinghoff (Managing Director)
| industry = Chauffeur Service
| num_employees = 100 (2016){{Cite web|url=http://www.radikal.com.tr/ekonomi/turkiyedeki-soforlu-arac-rekabetine-sixt-de-girdi-1499946/|title=Türkiye'deki şoförlü araç rekabetine 'Sixt' de girdi!|website=Radikal|access-date=2016-04-12}}
| homepage = https://www.mydriver.com
| foundation = 2012
| location_city = Berlin
| location_country = Germany
| location = Hausvogteiplatz 2, 10117 Berlin, Deutschland
}}
myDriver is a chauffeur company that operates in more than 150 cities in 60 countries.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mydriver.com/en/cities|title=myDriver Cities|website=www.mydriver.com|access-date=2017-12-15}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/sixt-renews-and-expands-thomas-cook-partnership/|title=Sixt renews and expands Thomas Cook partnership|website=Breaking Travel News|access-date=2019-03-19}} mydriver is a subsidiary company from Sixt Rent A Car and is part of the new Business Unit Sixt Chauffeured Services.{{Cite web|url=http://www.die-glocke.de/blickindiewelt/wirtschaft/Sixt-steuert-mit-Car-Sharing-auf-die-Gewinnzone-zu-f00fc4b7-790f-442c-b956-f021d5ad6385-ds|title=Sixt steuert mit Car-Sharing auf die Gewinnzone zu|website=www.die-glocke.de|access-date=2016-04-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sixt-ventures.com/project/mydriver/|title=myDriver|website=Sixt Ventures|access-date=2016-04-12}}
History
mydriver was founded in 2013 in Berlin, Germany by Carl Schuster, Andreas Goschler and Oliver Mickler under the company Sixt.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gruenderszene.de/datenbank/unternehmen/mydriver|title=MyDriver|website=Gründerszene|access-date=2016-04-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/mydriver-buero|title=In diesem Berliner Büro plant MyDriver seine Expansion|website=Gründerszene Magazin|access-date=2016-04-12}} It started at the beginning of the year in Munich, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover, Cologne, Leipzig, Bremen, Stuttgart, Nuremberg and Dresden.
In 2014 mydriver expanded to other parts of Germany, Paris, and Vienna.{{Cite web|url=http://www.startupvalley.news/de/mydriver-startet-internationale-expansion/|title=myDriver startet internationale Expansion - Startup Valley|website=Startup Valley|language=de-DE|access-date=2016-04-12}} In the end of 2015 mydriver formally launched in France, Austria and the Netherlands{{Cite web|url=http://help-tourists-in-paris.com/2015/09/10/mydriver-chauffeurservice-paris/|title=myDriver – Der neue Chauffeurservice in Paris|website=Touristen in Paris|access-date=2016-04-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.firmenauto.de/sixt-chauffeurdienst-von-sixt-wird-international-6862494.html|title=Sixt: My Driver wird international|last=Holzer|first=Nicole|website=FIRMENAUTO|date=18 February 2016|access-date=2016-04-12}} The company began offering services in 2016 to Spain, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Monaco, Romania, Czech Republic, Turkey, and the United States.{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.es/motor/reportajes/abci-taxi-chofer-calidad-nuevo-servicio-chofer-alta-calidad-201603031922_noticia.html|title=Nuevo servicio de alta calidad con chófer|website=ABC|date=3 March 2016|language=es-ES|access-date=2016-04-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.autorentalnews.com/news/story/2015/12/sixt-s-transportation-service-launches-in-chicago.aspx|title=Sixt's Transportation Service Launches in Chicago - News - Auto Rental News|website=www.autorentalnews.com|access-date=2016-04-12}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.esdiario.com/747081368/Nuevas-soluciones-de-movilidad-para-la-ciudad.html|title=Nuevas soluciones de movilidad para la ciudad|last=Lobby|first=Motor|website=esdiario.com|date=8 March 2016|access-date=2016-04-18}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.abhazhaber.com/haber/756/turkiye-de-hizla-genisleyen-soforle-arac-kiralama-rekabetine-subat-ayindan-itibaren-alman-firmasi-sixt-de-mydriver-de-d-hil-olacak|title=Türkiye'de hızla genişleyen 'şoförle araç kiralama' rekabetine şubat ayından itibaren Alman firması Sixt de 'mydriver' de dâhil olacak.|date=2016-02-01|website=Abhaz Haber|access-date=2016-04-18}}
In 2017 mydriver, the Sixt Chauffeur Service and Sixt rides joined to operate under the product Sixt Chauffeured Services. As a result different prices, car classes and services were listed on one website.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}
Structure
mydriver groups their cars into four categories: First class, Business class, Economy class, and Van.{{Cite news|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/fahrservice-in-berlin-mit-chauffeur-zur-currywurst/9021998.html|title=Fahrservice in Berlin: Mit Chauffeur zur Currywurst - Berlin - Tagesspiegel|newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel Online|date=4 November 2013|access-date=2016-04-12}} The company uses both staff and contracted drivers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.news.de/wirtschaft/855559701/sixt-fahrdienst-my-driver-sieht-grosse-marktchancen/1/|title=Verkehr: Sixt-Fahrdienst My Driver sieht große Marktchancen|last=News.de-Redaktion|website=News.de|access-date=2016-04-12}}
References
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External links
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- {{official website|http://www.mydriver.com}}
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Category:Companies based in Berlin
Category:Transport companies established in 2012
Category:Multinational companies headquartered in Germany