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DriveItAway, Free2move Expand To Eight More U.S. Cities
As of the end of January, the platform now operates its flexible lease and vehicle subscription services in 21 major U.S. markets.

DriveItAway’s flexible lease/subscription service, designed to remove traditional barriers such as down payments, minimum credit thresholds, and long-term contractual lock-ins, will launch in these markets.
Credit: DriveItAway Holdings
DriveItAway Holdings, a digital mobility platform that arranges flexible lease-to-own and subscription-to-ownership options through franchised dealers, has opened operations in eight urban U.S. markets, bringing its national footprint to 21 metro regions in just over 12 months.
This expansion follows the company’s December rollout of nine new cities and is driven by the national deployment of its co-branded mobility platform, Free2move Powered by DriveItAway, developed in partnership with Free2move.
Free2move is Stellantis' global mobility subsidiary.
The partnership provides wide-scale infrastructure, dealer integration, fleet alignment, and operating cost improvements, enabling rapid, measured national growth. The platform connects users with new vehicles.
DriveItAway’s flexible lease/subscription service, designed to remove traditional barriers such as down payments, minimum credit thresholds, and long-term contractual lock-ins, will launch in the following markets:
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
Austin
Phoenix
Nashville
Seattle
Portland
This rollout draws on industrial-scale SaaS (software-as-a-service) infrastructure to automate the friction between dealer inventory feeds and consumer demand for immediate vehicle access.
The offering is supported by DriveItAway’s proprietary architecture, telematics-driven risk management, and dealer-integrated operating platform, allowing customers to access transportation immediately while building routes toward ownership.
The January expansion applies standardized unit economics across diverse US markets.
“We are not building a pilot program, we are building national mobility infrastructure,” said John F. Possumato, founder and CEO of DriveItAway Holdings, in a Jan. 26 news release. “Transportation affordability, access to credit, and consumer mobility flexibility are now structural market problems and require national solutions. With Free2move and our growing network of franchised dealers, DriveItAway is rolling out coast-to-coast to position us as the category leader in flexible lease and subscription-to-ownership mobility.”
DriveItAway expects to expand into more U.S. markets throughout 2026, driven by dealer participation, regional demand, and the faster adoption of flexible mobility models.
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