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Milan Car Sharing Shifts as Enjoy Ends Free‑Floating, Zity Departs

Falling demand with rising costs is prompting calls for new rules, with City Hall signaling openness to revise the next tender.

Overview

  • From 12 January 2026, Enjoy rentals in Milan must start and end only at designated Enjoy Points and users will pay for Area C entry and blue‑zone parking.
  • Enjoy will keep current tariffs and subscriptions but will require a credit or debit card or PayPal instead of prepaid cards, and it plans to extend the station‑based model to other Italian cities.
  • Zity will withdraw its 650 electric cars from Milan on 18 December 2025, citing market conditions and the unsustainability of its current format.
  • Free2move is running a reduced fleet as it struggles to comply with Milan’s rule to renew car‑sharing vehicles with electric models.
  • Average daily rentals have fallen from about 17,000 in 2018 to 8,179 in 2024, and operators urge incentives, dedicated parking, removal of the municipal rental fee and a VAT cut, as the city weighs allowing hybrids in the next tender.