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Mu by Peugeot: renting mobility by the unit 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Sometimes you don't need to own a car. Sometimes you don't have the room to store a motorbike or even a bicycle. Sometimes, you need a bit of extra storage space on a family trip. While there are plenty of services where you can rent mobility solutions like these, Peugeot has launched a new ...

Shweeb, the human-powered monorail, makes hamsters jealous 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

As big fans of pedal-powered vehicles, we'd like to suggest that Schweeb change their name to something that doesn't sound quite so much like "dweeb." Sure, riders look a bit like hamsters moving through a Habitrail, but that doesn't mean they're not respectable. We think. Right now, the ...

Zipcar CEO says it'll be a while before electric cars can come to car sharing 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Don't let the two recent plug-in vehicle adoptions – a plug-in Prius in San Francisco and the new "electric pod" in London, which includes the EV'IE – fool you. Zipcar has no plans to go big into electric vehicles right now. Speaking to Reuters, Zipcar CEO and Chairman Scott ...

Zipcar founder Robin Chase on why sharing is good 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

What's better: everyone owning their own car (which sits unused for 22 hours a day) or everyone having access to a car any time they need one? As you might suspect, this slightly loaded question is easy to answer for car sharing site Zipcar and ride sharing site GoLoco founder Robin Chase. In fast, ...

Zipcar recommends low-car diet, events coming to 13 cities 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Zipcar's latest promotional event, the Low-Car Diet, will kick off in 13 cities - including Portland, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Boston, San Francisco, and Seattle - where Zipcar has a presence this month. In these cities, the company has organized small groups of a few dozen drivers to ...

JMC Motoronics offers pedal, electric and hybrid Tumtumcars 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Thanks to a reader tip, we've been introduced to a new series of four-wheeled personal transportation vehicles from a company called JMC Motoronics. The oddly-named Tumtumcar comes in a few different flavors, from a fully human-powered model to a gas-powered machine with a small 33cc engine ...

O RLY? Removing highways makes city traffic move easier 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

One solution to the upcoming increase in traffic jams, says the Texas Transportation Institute, is to increase the carrying capacity of roads in cities. But two writers at the Infrastructuralist think there is a good case to be made for demolishing in-city highways. The benefits don't stop at ...

Zipcar charges up Electric Vehicle Pod in London with EV'IE, plug-in Prius 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Zipcar is moving into the plug-in realm on the old continent this week with an announcement from London. Zipcar is adding two plug-in vehicles, a converted Toyota Prius PHEV and an all-electric Citroën C1, to the fleet the company operates in central London with the Westminster City ...

Stockholm orders 85 timber-fueled buses from Scania 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Sweden has latched on to ethanol as a fuel source more strongly than just about any other country except Brazil. Unlike the U.S. and Brazil, where corn and sugar cane, respectively, are the primary feedstocks, Sweden is using waste from its timber industry. Now, the Stockholm transit company ...

UK funds Low-Carbon Buses with £30 million 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

The British Department of Transport has announced a new £30 million fund to help bus operators purchase low-carbon vehicles, like the new GM-Allison Two-mode hybrid system (pictured). A Low Carbon Emission Bus (LCEB) is defined as one that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent ...

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