Editing BMW (section)

== Car-sharing services ==
[[DriveNow]] was a joint-venture between BMW and Sixt that operated in Europe from 2011 until 2019. By December 2012,<ref>{{cite web |title=About DriveNow Car Sharing from BMW & Sixt |url=https://www.drive-now.com/de/en/about |website=www.drive-now.com |language=en |access-date=27 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144227/https://www.drive-now.com/de/en/about |archive-date=27 June 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> DriveNow operated over 1,000 vehicles, in five cities and with approximately 60,000 customers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://electricdrive.org/index.php?ht=d/ReleaseDetails/id/33626 |title=BMW Group takes top prize at the 2012 Corporate Entrepreneur Awards for premium car-sharing joint venture DriveNow. Jury impressed by willingness to trial new models of mobility |publisher=Electricdrive.org |date=30 October 2012 |access-date=29 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002050715/http://electricdrive.org/index.php?ht=d%2FReleaseDetails%2Fid%2F33626 |archive-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2012, the BMW-owned subsidiary Alphabet began a corporate car-sharing service in Europe called AlphaCity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bmwgroup.com/en/brands-and-services/alphabet.html|title=Alphabet Business Mobility solutions|website=www.bmwgroup.com|language=en|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517174913/https://www.bmwgroup.com/en/brands-and-services/alphabet.html|archive-date=17 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/2012/4/2/corporate-car-sharing-scheme-claims-to-be-a-first/43077/|title=Corporate car sharing scheme claims to be a first|website=www.fleetnews.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702113228/https://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/2012/4/2/corporate-car-sharing-scheme-claims-to-be-a-first/43077/|archive-date=2 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[ReachNow]] car-sharing service was launched in Seattle in April 2016.<ref>ReachNow official website. "[http://www.bmwcarsharing.com/ ReachNow | CarSharing by BMW, BMW i, MINI] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413121434/http://www.bmwcarsharing.com/ |date=13 April 2016 }}." 8 May 2016.</ref> ReachNow currently operates in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] and [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]].

In 2018, BMW announced the launching of a pilot car [[subscription service]] for the United States called Access by BMW (its first one for the country), in [[Nashville]], Tennessee. In January 2021, the company said that Access by BMW was "suspended".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/14/22231451/bmw-access-subscription-shut-down-nashville-cancel |title=BMW becomes the latest automaker to shut down its subscription service |last=Hawkins |first=Andrew J |work=The Verge |date=14 January 2021 |access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>