End of pilot project “E-car sharing without own charging station”

31.03.2026

Mobility spent a year testing a new concept – electric cars at car sharing locations without their own charging station. The pilot is now ending. You can find out here how the model worked, what role the community played and what lessons Mobility hopes to learn from this for developing electromobility.

Key points at a glance:

  • The one-year pilot phase ends on 31 March 2026.

  • The vehicles at the 16 pilot locations will once again be replaced by fossil fuel vehicles on 1 and 2 April. The locations will remain unchanged and can continue to be used as usual.

  • The experience gained from the pilot project will now be evaluated. Mobility will provide information about the next steps at a later date.

Why Mobility tested this concept

Usually, every electric car has a charging station. Mobility wanted to find out whether a different concept could also work. Over the course of one year, Mobility tested a new charging concept: Electric cars at locations without their own charging station.

The pilot ran at 16 locations in German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland.


The aim was to clarify questions such as:

  • Does e-car sharing work without its own charging station at the location?

  • How well does charging work on a daily basis at public charging points?

  • How is the usage behaviour of electric cars changing?

  • Can a community of users support charging?

How e-car sharing worked without a charging station

The vehicles were stationed at normal Mobility locations – but without their own charging infrastructure.

If required, they were charged by Mobility users at public charging stations. Mobility rewarded users who charged one of these cars en route without a charging station in the form of credits. The amount was automatically credited to the account.

Did you know? With Mobility, nobody has to pay for charging or refuelling. The costs are included in the price. Every Mobility car has a charging or fuel card (for petrol vehicles) in the glove compartment.

The role of Charging Angels

A key component of the pilot was support by dedicated Mobility users – the Charging Angels.

Charging Angels were volunteers from the Mobility community. They were informed via a WhatsApp group when a vehicle reached a critical charge level.

Thanks to their support, vehicles could be:

  • recharged faster

  • operated reliably even without their own infrastructure

An active community thus rallied around the project, which has shown that new concepts are also possible thanks to dedicated users.

What we learned in the pilot

The project provided valuable insights for future use of electric vehicles in car sharing.

Of particular relevance were our experiences with:

  • use of public charging infrastructure

  • charging behaviour during the journey

  • range planning on a daily basis

  • community support in charging

These findings will help Mobility to assess the conditions under which such models can function in the long term.

Electromobility at Mobility

Mobility is continuously expanding electromobility. A growing proportion of the fleet is already electric.

The pilot “e-car sharing without own charging station” examined a specific usage concept. The insights gained will be incorporated into the development of electromobility at Mobility.