car-sharing

How car-sharing companies choose their markets

January 31, 2012
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Transportation Nation spoke with representatives from three car-sharing services to better understand how they choose their locations.

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Electric vehicles of the future

January 30, 2012
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Blogging from the TRB Annual Meeting, The City Fix looked at the European experience with electric vehicle car-sharing and personal rapid transit.

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Another car-sharing service enters the market

January 6, 2012

JustShareIt, a new peer-to-peer car-sharing service, hopes that a set of robust security features will set it apart.

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CTA to install electric vehicle charging stations

December 16, 2011

The Chicago Transit Authority (IL) will install four electric vehicle charging stations at a park-and-ride lot for use by car-sharing vehicles.

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Peer-to-peer carsharing comes to Portland

December 14, 2011

Peer-to-peer car-sharing service Getaround is coming to Portland (OR) in February, funded in part with a $1.7 million federal grant.

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Paris rolls out electric car-sharing

December 8, 2011

Building on the success of its bicycle-sharing program, the City of Paris introduced a car-sharing scheme on Monday with a fleet of all-electric cars.

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The Mo System — One app for all

November 7, 2011

Mo System, a Munich start-up, wants subscribers to use public transportation or rent bicycles and cars with a single card and earn rewards for doing so.

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Zipcar launches Facebook app

October 25, 2011

Car-sharing service Zipcar launched its Reserve a Zipcar Facebook application as a public beta test last week.

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Say bonjour to Autolib

October 4, 2011

Paris launched its car-sharing program Autolib with a fleet of electric Bluecars over the weekend. Officials hope to have 5,000 cars available by 2013.

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Nonprofits test car-sharing market

October 3, 2011

As companies like Zipcar have popularized car-sharing, some localities are testing nonprofit models to expand the reach and scope of these programs.

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