Stellantis have announced up to 250,000 of their latest generation vehicles will be added to SIXT’s rental fleet across Europe and North America by 2026.
The multi-billion euro agreement initiate a first significant delivery volumes will take place as early as the first quarter of 2024 and will continue throughout the year.
SIXT rental customers will benefit from a choice of vehicles from Stellantis’ award-winning brands including Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep, Lancia, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall and Maserati.
The deliveries will include an undisclosed number of electric vehicles (EVs) featuring the latest software and infotainment tech features.
Konstantin Sixt, Co-CEO of SIXT, said:
“This agreement with a progressive, full-range partner underscores our promise to provide our customers with the best choice for all their mobility needs […] This ambition applies to European countries, but of course also to the U.S., the largest rental market in the world and the most important growth market for our company.”
In the course of the deliveries by Stellantis, the number of fully connected vehicles in the SIXT rental fleet is hoped to increase significantly and thus the number of vehicles in which telemetry data such as fuel level and mileage can automatically be transmitted to SIXT when a vehicle is returned.
Stellantis recently announced the ambition of reaching a 100% passenger car battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales mix in Europe and 50% passenger car and light-duty truck BEV sales mix in the United States by 2030.
The company states that it is on track to become a carbon net zero corporation by 2038.
By purchasing Stellantis vehicles with state-of-the-art propulsion, including battery electric vehicles (BEV), the agreement also aligns with SIXT’s goal to significantly decrease the CO2 footprint of its rental fleet (including the goal of reaching a share of 70-90 percent electrified vehicles in Europe by 2030). This is an integral part of SIXT’s approach to environmental sustainability besides investing in its own charging infrastructure, further expanding the SIXT App into an ecosystem for sustainable mobility offers, including access to hundreds of thousands of public charging points as well as reducing the CO2 emissions generated at its own branches and sites as quickly and as far as possible.
