Meet Moia, the VW-backed startup aiming to take one million cars off the road

The Moia car is a plug-in electric six-seater that was designed specifically for ride-sharing.

Car companies, especially those competing at the cut-throat, mass-market end, are usually focused purely on putting more vehicles – ideally ones they build – on the road. 

But with its latest venture, Volkswagen is actually trying to achieve the opposite. In 2016, it created a tech start-up called Moia with a massive mission – to take 1 million cars off the road by 2025 – via the creation of innovative mobility solutions.