Berlin has only three cars for every ten residents - that's a German record. People in the German capital use public transportation far more than those who live elsewhere.
But sometimes you just need a car. What to do? One solution is carsharing, which car companies have recently discovered as a new business model. It's proved such a success in Berlin that massive competition has broken out between providers. Read more: http://www.dw.de/dw/0,,3066,00.html