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Move Mee Marks Rapid Expansion in First Year

The contactless car rental providers are now operational in seven markets worldwide, including Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Poland, Greece, Finland and Martinique. The company will announce more locations in 2021.

February 17, 2021
Move Mee Marks Rapid Expansion in First Year

Move Mee's technology in conjunction with state-of-the-art hardware from Huf Secure Mobile, empowers customers to access their rental vehicle utilizing their phone as the car key, so they never have to visit the rental location, or wait in queues at the counter.

Photo via Move Mee.

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One year ago this week revolutionary contactless car rental platform Move Mee launched at the NADA show in Las Vegas. The last 12 months have seen Move Mee grow to a contactless car rental experience now operational in seven markets around the world including Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Poland, Greece, Finland, and Martinique, with many more destinations in pipeline for 2021. 

Move Mee's technology in conjunction with state-of-the-art hardware from Huf Secure Mobile, empowers customers to access their rental vehicle utilizing their phone as the car key, so they never have to visit the rental location, or wait in queues at the counter. Move Mee customersdownload the app, undertake a quick one-time registration and validation process, and can then use the service to book car rental at their leisure 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 

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"There is no doubt that Move Mee has changed the car rental experience forever," Move Mee founder and co-CEO Richard Lowden said in a statement. "Launching right before a global pandemic has been a challenging experience but despite this Move Mee has continued to flourish, and we have no doubt that our second year will be even more successful than the first."

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