"We did not think the Autolib contract would be terminated"

Autolib ', it is soon over. On Tuesday, the Paris car-sharing service will be unplugged after a battle between the Ile-de-France municipalities adhering to the system and the Bolloré group. Before this final judgment, the daughter of Vincent Bolloré and director general of the mobility applications of the group of the same name defends in the JDD the "pride" which is his to have carried this service, launched in 2011. Even if profitability has never been achieved, this should not hide, according to Marie Bolloré, that "it was getting better". "We did not think for a second that we would go until the termination of the contract," she regrets.

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The daughter of Breton billionaire also explains that his group will ask in September compensation to the mixed union Autolib 'Vélib': in total, "this amounts to about 250 million euros": "We will take 60 million to our charge. therefore to recover 150 million euros, to which will be added all the contracts that one stops, the departure costs of the collaborators, the net values ​​accounting of goods, as the charging terminals. "

Autolib, a "tremendous innovation"

On the prospective side, Marie Bolloré believes that the majority of Bluecar is "destined to the case", whose batteries have "proven their performance, since some still work perfectly eight years after their implementation. service". "Autolib" is a great innovation, (…) a much smarter and more complete service than the self-service models that are developing today, "she says in her columns.

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