The pioneering car sharing scheme car2go has announced it is pulling out of the 海角视频 just a year after it set up its Birmingham operation.

The company made the announcement on Twitter, saying it would be winding up its 海角视频 business by the end of May.

It said: 鈥淲e are sorry to inform you that we will be withdrawing from the 海角视频 by 05/30 -Thank you for your support & enthusiasm for car sharing and car2go.鈥

In May 2013 Birmingham became the second 海角视频 city to launch a scheme which allowed people to walk up to a car, get in and drive off.

It became the 19th city in the world to operate the scheme in the wake of cities like Vancouver and Berlin.

The car2go initiative run by Daimler and Europcar saw 250 Smart cars available for the use of scheme members over an area of 21 square miles.

A car2go spokesman said: 鈥淲e鈥檝e listened closely to customer feedback and taking the 海角视频鈥檚 strong culture and tradition of private vehicle ownership into account, we have decided to withdraw from the 海角视频 marketplace.

鈥淲e are very grateful to all those who have supported the scheme and would like to say thank you to our customers in the city.鈥

The spokesman added that the company would keep its options and consider a return to the 海角视频 market in the future.