Daimler 'smart' plan to help ease urban traffic congestion

A corporate car-sharing program by German automaker Daimler AG is providing one answer to the increasing traffic congestion in the urban areas of China.

Named car2share, the program tailored to China recently began in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.

In the initial phase, a fleet of 30 smart fortwo vehicles is exclusively available for use by the staff at Tencent Holdings, one of the nation's biggest and most successful Internet companies.