BMW and Daimler may consider merging car-sharing units

Sixt owns 50 percent of BMW's car-sharing service DriveNow. (Bloomberg)

By:

Edward Taylor

August 17, 2017 05:00 AM

FRANKFURT -- German carmakers Daimler and BMW may be in talks to combine their car-sharing services Car2Go and DriveNow, the chief executive of car rental company and DriveNow partner Sixt hinted on Thursday.

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