Tag: Car Sharing
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The Economist puts the 'sharing economy' on the cover
For years we've been talking about renting or borrowing rather than owning. There are so many things that people own but rarely use...
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Renting your car out to others takes 14 vehicles off the road
Interview with the CEO of RelayRides, a peer-to-peer car-sharing business that helps maximize the use of already existing vehicles while reducing the need to build new ones.
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Avis to Acquire Car-Sharing Leader Zipcar in $500 Million Deal
Car-sharing makes a ton of sense. Not everybody needs to own a car, but even those that do their day-to-day business on foot, bike, or using public transit could sometimes benefit from having access to a car.
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New Paris Car Sharing, Autolib', Expands and is a Success
Paris' Autolib started up last year and it's a big success now.
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Ridejoy iPhone App Makes Ridesharing Easy and Safe
The free app offers several ways of finding and posting rides for longer trips while verifying that your companion is legit and trustworthy.
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How Car Sharing is Taking Over Berlin
Robert Llewellyn explores Berlin's high tech systems for car sharing in an urban environment. He thinks he may have seen the future of mobility.
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How to Save Money By Sharing Your Car With Neighbors
Zipcar has made car sharing cool, but it doesn't always need a fancy business model. Sometimes you can just share with your neighbor.
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Car2go Launches Car Sharing in Berlin - Why are the Germans Chuckling?
Daimler brings the flexible short-term rental concept to Berlin with 1000 SmartCars, raising smiles for more than just the pleasure of car sharing.
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Honda Partners with Zipcar, Will Provide Hybrids, Plug-in Hybrids, and EVs
Zipcar, the biggest car-sharing company in North-America, is partnering with Honda to include more models of greener cars in its fleet.
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How Collaborative Consumption Could Help Shrink Government
Could sharing more be central to achieving the Right's biggest dream?
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How Millennials Feel about Cars, Public Transit and Electric Vehicles
Millennials are not happy with the sustainable options for transportation
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Pocket $300 To Share Your Car
Portland changed its laws to allow people to share cars. Now the new service is giving car owners 300 bucks to share the sharing expeerience.
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All-Electric Minicabs - You Can Hail One in London
In London, there's now an all-electric car you can hail like a cab. No more range anxiety, congestion charge, or parking panic.
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New Idea For Sharing Urban Roads? Sidewalks Removed on Busy London Street Forces Drivers to Slow
Dutch Traffic engineer Hans Monderman is behind the revolutionary idea.
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EV Owners Offered $50 Reward for Sharing Their Car
Electric car owners are being offered cash rewards to share their vehicles and spread the EV love.
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Paris Launches a Vehicle Sharing Program with 3,000 Electric Cars
When Paris' now famous bike share system Velib' in 2007, it was a pioneer in the field. Now similar programs are popping up in major cities all over the world, and Paris is looking to break the mold again. This week the City
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P2P Car Sharing Has Just Launched in Spain, an Interview with SocialCar
After car sharing services like ZipCar or BMW's New Car Share that lets you pick up and drop a car anywhere you want, it is no surprise that Person to Person car sharing is growing too. This works a bit like couchsurfing; I have an empty couch, you
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How to Use Pocketbook Environmentalism to Convert the "Non-Greenies" in Your Life
We all have that one person in our lives (or maybe more) who thinks going green is just not their thing. Perhaps it's your roommate who just can't seem to
