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Revision 2026-08-26-claim-mapping · effective 2026-07-25
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Added a nine-claim evidence mapping and a sourced lesson; added the outcome the entry was missing — the Paris administrative court of appeal ordered the syndicate on 21 February 2025 to pay just over 66 million euros, split across 98 municipalities by station count — and the contractual term that produced it (the first 60 million euros of losses on the operator, the rest on the municipalities pro rata). Removed a source whose page no longer exists and added three that carry the ruling and the contract terms.
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replace /snapshot/projectFingerprint — Updated projectFingerprint to the current sourced project record.replace /snapshot/claims — Updated claims to the current sourced project record.replace /snapshot/sources — Updated sources to the current sourced project record.The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.
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Launched 5 December 2011 by the Bolloré Group, Autolib' was one of the world's first large all-electric, one-way car-share schemes, growing to roughly 4,000 Bluecars across about 1,080 stations in Paris and a hundred-odd suburban municipalities, with around 150,000 subscribers
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The concession put the first 60 million euros of losses on the operator and the rest on the municipalities in proportion to the stations on their territory
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In 2018 the operator notified the syndicate that the concession no longer made economic sense and asked for 233.7 million euros
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Bolloré put the projected deficit to 2023 at about 293 million euros, a figure the city of Paris disputed
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The Autolib' Vélib' Métropole syndicate refused, terminated the contract on 25 June 2018 and the cars were withdrawn on 31 July
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Bolloré sued, lost at first instance in 2023, and won on appeal
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On 21 February 2025 the Paris administrative court of appeal ordered the syndicate to pay Autolib' just over 66 million euros plus interest
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The bill is split between 98 municipalities by station count: Paris carries its 700 former stations and 97 outer-ring towns share the remaining 400
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the contract itself put losses above 60 million euros on the municipalities in proportion to their stations, and an appeal court eventually said so too
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src-2e6e6a38c7b8a0a8Launch 5 Dec 2011 (250 Bluecars/250 stations initially), peak ~3,980 cars / 1,084 stations / 5,935 charge points / ~127,000 subscribers by mid-2016, closed 31 July 2018.
src-3d8978169e2af930Established press: 21 June 2018 syndicate vote to end the contract; deficit dispute; ~150,000 subscribers.
src-072fd39d677ced22Independent EU-government coverage of the shutdown and syndicate decision.
src-6d8ea129edef4d04Localtis (Caisse des Dépôts) on the judgment of 21 February 2025: the appeal court ordered the SMAVM to pay Autolib' just over 66 million euros plus interest; records the 2018 demand for 233.7 million, the termination on 25 June 2018, and Bolloré's loss at first instance in 2023 where it claimed 235 million.
src-2e2407dfdcf7d588Public broadcaster on the same judgment: 44.9 million euros to compensate the group's losses plus further sums, split between 98 municipalities by station count — Paris with its 700 former stations, 97 outer-ring towns with 400 between them.
src-70ed9be18989021ePublic radio, May 2018: Bolloré puts the deficit at 293 million euros and the city of Paris disputes the figures. Carries the contractual split — the operator undertook to absorb 60 million euros of losses, the remainder falling to the municipalities in proportion to the charging points installed.