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Voltio
Two Fiat 500s side by side, both operated by the company.
Two Fiat 500s side by side, both operated by the company.
Overview
OwnerMutua Madrileña
Area servedComunidad de Madrid
LocaleMadrid
Annual ridership150.000 users, that used the app 1.3 million times as of February 2025
Chief executiveErnesto Mateo[1]
WebsiteOfficial Voltio Website
Operation
Began operation15 December 2022
CharacterA car sharing company
System map

Map of the Voltio Zone

Voltio (shown in their cars as Voltio by Mutua) is a carsharing company that operates primarily in Madrid. They started in 2022 as the first company dedicated to the sector owned by Mutua Madrileña. They started with a fleet of 400 Fiat 500e and 100 Opel Corsa and have grown ever since. Nowadays, they are the company with the highest number of cars in all of Spain.

History

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Voltio was started in 2022 by Mutua Madrileña as a 100% electric carsharing system. The company made a deal with Stellantis, and got 400 Fiat 500e and 100 Opel Corsa-e.[2] At the start, they planned to save about 1500 tons of CO2 in three years and generate 300 jobs.[3][4][5][6]

The company is named after the Spanish word for volt[7]. It has a dual meaning, as the expression "darse un voltio" which means "going for a walk" also played a part on the decison of the name. [8]

They stated that they would "reinforce their compromise with sustainable urban mobility" and that the project would "cover all of the [client's] necesities".[3]

In February 2025, they reached 1.000 cars operating in their fleet. According to the Mutua, they have 150.000 users, who have collectively made 1.3 million trips that have gone more than 12 million km and saved 1700 tons of CO2.[9]

Operations

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An Opel Corsa operated by the company

At the start of the company, they launched with the option of paying 30 euro cents per minute when using the car, and 15 cents per minute when the car was parked.[3] The app works by choosing a car in the screen and going to it. After reserving a car, the user must get to the car in 20 minutes. If they fail, they must provide a small fine.[10] The cars can park in whatever legally possible parking space.[11]

Voltio Zone

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The Voltio Zone is the term the company uses to describe the zone in which the system operates and cars can be parked. It started in the M30 motorway and has been expanding ever since.[9][12] Notable inclusions in the zone have been the Madrid Barajas Airport in 2023, which can be acquired in a Centauro rental stop[13][14], and Boadilla del Monte in 2024,[9], whose city council habilitated special parking lots and parking spaces for those cars.[15] It also goes to Pozuelo de Alarcón.[16]

The zone is not a designated parking space, it is a designated end-of-trip space meaning that the client can exit the zone when he wants, but not end his trip there; he would need to go back.[17][18]

VoltioPlus

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VoltioPlus is an extension of Voltio, were with a 5.99€[19] monthly fee the user gains 10 extra minutes to get to the car, a 10% discount in all of the rides and free insurance for every trip.[20] It is open to all clients but is free to the ones that are already insured with Mutua itself.[9] Its idea started when Voltio gave a 10% discount to every insured of the Mutua. Then, they decided to improve the offer and create VoltioPlus.[21]

Voltio Rent

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Voltio Rent is an extension of Voltio that is dedicated to renting cars that is operated primarily by Centauro. The cars can only be accesed in the rental at the airport an at Chamartín. In August of 2025, the service expanded to Valencia, Sevilla, Barcelona, Alicante and Málaga.[22][23]

References

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  1. ^ "Voltio: el espíritu de una start up con el respaldo de un gran Grupo". www.mutua.es/blog/. INNOVACIÓN. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Voltio, el carsharing de Mutua". urbanpoliza.com (in Spanish). URBANPOLIZA. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Romojaro, Raúl (30 November 2022). "Voltio, la nueva compañía de coche compartido en Madrid". El Motor (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Voltio, el carsharing sostenible que supera todas las previsiones". La Razón (in Spanish). 26 May 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  5. ^ Bárcena, Selina (30 November 2022). "Mutua entra en el negocio del 'carsharing' en Madrid con Voltio". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  6. ^ Press, Europa (30 November 2022). "Mutua Madrileña lanza Voltio, su compañía de 'carsharing' con vehículos 100% eléctricos". www.europapress.es. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  7. ^ Redondo, Noelia López (1 December 2022). "Voltio, la nueva empresa de carsharing para Madrid". Movilidad Eléctrica (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Nace Voltio, compañía de 'carsharing' con coches 100% eléctricos y una tarifa de 30 céntimos por minuto". 20 minutos (in Spanish). 30 November 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d "Voltio llega a los mil viajes- Prensa Mutua". www.grupomutua.es. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  10. ^ "How to Voltio - Carsharing". Freenow (in European Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  11. ^ "Voltio Plus, el programa de carsharing eléctrico". Marketing Directo (in Spanish). 18 March 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  12. ^ Press, Europa (17 September 2024). "La plataforma de carsharing eléctrico Voltio (Mutua Madrileña) supera el millón de viajes". www.europapress.es. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  13. ^ Diego, García (4 August 2023). "Voltio lleva su servicio de car sharing al Aeropuerto de Barajas". carandriver.com (in European Spanish). Car and Driver. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  14. ^ "Voltio amplía su servicio hasta el aeropuerto de Madrid". El Periódico (in Spanish). 1 August 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  15. ^ "La empresa de carsharing Voltio comienza a operar en Boadilla". ayuntamientoboadilladelmonte.org (in Spanish). 18 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  16. ^ "Descubre Voltio: Ventajas y códigos promocionales aquí". referity.es (in Spanish). Referity. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  17. ^ "Voltio se estrena en Madrid con la experiencia de uso más fácil de un carsharing eléctrico". Madridiario (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2025. {{cite news}}: |first1= missing |last1= (help)
  18. ^ Garnacho, Julián (17 September 2024). "Voltio, la plataforma de carsharing eléctrico, lleva más de un millón de viajes". www.motor16.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  19. ^ "Voltio lanza 'Voltio Plus' con ventajas exclusivas para todos sus usuarios". Madridiario (in Spanish). 5 February de 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025. {{cite news}}: |first1= missing |last1= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  20. ^ "Voltio Plus, un servicio que ofrece viajes gratis a los asegurados de Mutua". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 27 April 2025. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  21. ^ Somolinos, Daniel (20 February 2023). "Llega el 'carsharing' más revolucionario: recorrer hasta 100 kilómetros, precio cerrado de 20 euros y dormir fuera de la capital". GRANMADRID (in Spanish). ELMUNDO. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  22. ^ "VoltioRent: alquilar un coche para viajes largos y escapadas desde 37,50euros al día". Madridiario (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  23. ^ "Viajes más largos con Voltio Rent". voltio.com. Retrieved 12 September 2025.

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Voltio (and other carsharing companies in the same area).
  • Cabify, a Spanish ridesharing company.