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Zipcar's iPhone app finally available go ahead and honk the horn from your couch

If nothing else, the big news of the day is that your iPhone can now make cars honk. Why an iPhone app should be able to honk a car's horn is almost beyond us. Almost. We can think of one reason for the unique feature, and it has to do with getting ready for a new phase in personal transportation: since Zipcar is all about car sharing, and Zipcar users will often be using one of many cars, having it beep allows you to remember, "oh, right, I'm in the MINI today." The key fob would, of course, work just as well, but it's not as flashy as ... Read more →

VIDEO: Zipcar has $1 billion dreams... and 46 members per car? Sebastian Blanco

How many cars do you think Zipcar owns around the world? Did you know it was 6,500? How big could Zipcar one day become? How about a $1 billion company? These are two of the numbers mentioned in ...

Zipcar's Low Car Diet results: save money, lose weight Sebastian Blanco

Last month, Zipcar's annual Low-Car Diet saw 250 people in over a dozen cities trade in their personal car for a shared Zipcar and other transportation alternatives (bus, bike, walking). Zipcar ...

Zipcar CEO says it'll be a while before electric cars can come to car sharing Sebastian Blanco

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 ...

Zipcar recommends low-car diet, events coming to 13 cities Sebastian Blanco

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 ...

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 ...

Zipcar expects profit soon, IPO planned for early next year 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Zipcar's future might just be black. If the company's latest statement turns out to be accurate, then the car sharing service's first profitable quarter ever might be coming in the third quarter of this year. Then, in early 2010, the company plans to go public with an IPO. If the numbers found on ...

Zipcar announces new iPhone app, gives new meaning to "unlocked" cell phone 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

If you're not an Apple fanboy who's been hitting F5 repeatedly over on Engadget today, here's a green car tie-in from the big WWDC that's just wrapping up: your iPhone will soon be able to unlock the doors of your Zipcar rental vehicle. Yes, your phone can now tell your car what to do. It's only a ...

VIDEO: Scott Griffith, Zipcar CEO: We have never had a request for a GM product 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

It shouldn't come as a major surprise that car sharing services like Zipcar are reporting increased membership rates and demand for short-term rental vehicles in these tough economic times. It's also to be expected that as more and more people rely on these services, new car purchases will be ...

FastFleet lets Zipcar boost car sharing for cities and fleets 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Zipcar has unveiled a new service that makes carsharing easier to use for government and fleet operators. FastFleet is being rolled out in Washington, D.C. and differs from Zipcar in one big way: clients supply their own vehicles. FastFleet simply allows fleet operators to use Zipcar's wireless, ...

Tesla will move to London for first of three European stores 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Menlo Park. Los Angeles. Chicago. Washington, DC. New York. London. These cities share at least one thing in common: they are all home to current or future Telsa Motors stores. Tesla officially announced today that London will be the location of its first official EU regional sales and service ...

Double green car boost for Ann Arbor: Mercedes hiring, Zipcar coming 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Two pieces of good news for green car fans in Ann Arbor, Michigan. First, Mercedes-Benz says it it looking to hire 223 workers at a new research and development center for hybrid technologies there. Don't everyone put an applications in right away, because these jobs will be phased in over 10 ...

San Francisco puts electric car charger in front of City Hall, ZipCar gets its frist PHEV 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

The city of San Francisco took another step into electric vehicle territory by installing "Smartlet" electric vehicle charging stations outside of City Hall today. The Smartlets are on loan from Coulomb Technologies and will be used to charge up cars from ZipCar, City CarShare and "a plug-in car in ...

Seattle gets a bit zippier thanks to ZipCar 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

The latest city to jump on the carsharing band wagon is Seattle. The city has signed up with ZipCar to provide on-demand short term car rentals in the hopes that more of the city's 10,500 employees (Seattle has 10,500 employees?) will access the cars when needed for city business. Sixty ZipCars will ...

Hertz puts the hurt on Zipcar at OSU 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Ohio State University like a few alt-fuel cars: the Buckeye Bullet 2, hydrogen-powered golf carts and Zipcar/Flexcar. Well, scratch that last one. OSU has decided to give the campus car-sharing contract to Connect by Hertz instead of Zipcar. The exact reason for the switch was not disclosed, ...

Atlanta joins Zipcar to promote car-sharing for city employees 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Zipcar has announced an agreement with the city of Atlanta to provide car-sharing memberships to its employees. However, the announcement doesn't stop there: Zipcar also joined Midtown Transportation Solutions (MTS) and the Downtown Transportation Management Association (DTMA) to provide free ...

Even without profits, Zipcar expands Philadelphia presence 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Car sharing service Zipcar still isn't making any profits but that isn't stopping them from expanding. The company is pumping up its presence in Philadelphia by 20 percent. Since the city awarded Zipcar a contract to provide its service to city employees, 20 departments and 250 employees have signed ...

Profits absent as Zipcar grows 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If Zipcar were available in the city where I live, I'm pretty sure I'd be one of the first to sign up. And the realization that sharing a car is a good idea has struck a lot of people around the country. In fact, Zipcar's membership should hit 300,000 this year, an 80 percent increase compared to ...

High gas prices a bonanza for Zipcar 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

High gas prices have us all feeling the pinch ($65 bucks last night for me), and as you're all well aware, many folks are changing their driving style, the amount of driving they do, or, in some cases, saying good-bye to their cars or trucks entirely. One beneficiary of people's changes of heart is ...

Philadelphia will use Zipcar for city fleet 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The city of Philadelphia has found a new way to cut expenses by eliminating vehicles from its city fleet. However, many city employees still need to get around sometimes. They've decided adopt the car-sharing model and they put out a request for bids. It's been announced that ZipCar has been awarded ...

Zipcar-driving voters in Philly choose Obama 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Not quite sure what to make of this, but on a day when America's political eye is turned to Pennsylvania, Zipcar would like us all to know that the car-sharing company took a weeklong poll of Zipcar members in Philadelphia and found that Barack Obama was the runaway winner with 59 percent of the ...

Zipcar comes to Philadelphia with special deal for hybrid rentals 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

With 110 vehicles - incuding 20 Priuses - now available for rental by the hour, Zipcar started service in Philadelphia this week. Haven't heard of Zipcar? Then you must be new here. Welcome, and here's what you need to know about car sharing, which allows city dwellers to rent a car when they need ...

Enterprise Rent a Car gets into car sharing biz 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Car sharing companies like ZipCar may soon be getting some new competition from traditional car rental companies. Enterprise Rent-a-Car will be publicly launching a car sharing service next week in St. Louis. The WeCar service actually started in a private phase last month on the Washington ...

Zipcar coms to University of New Mexico campus 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We can add the University of New Mexico to the list that also includes MIT, Columbia, Georgetown, Ohio State, Arizona State University, American University, Harvard University, University of Minnesota, University of Toronto, University of North Carolina and The University of Chicago. What list is ...

Zipcar-Flexcar merger update 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

At the end of October, news came that the two biggest car sharing services in the U.S., Flexcar and Zipcar, would merge (and keeping the name Zipcar). In an email update to Flexcar members the other day, Flexcar included a few more details on the merger. Let's take a look at the timeline for the ...

BREAKING: Zipcar, Flexcar to merge 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There are reports that the car share companies Zipcar and Flexcar will merge. Financial terms were not disclosed but it looks like Zipcar is absorbing the smaller Flexcar. The name of the merged company, which will have more than 5,000 vehicles and 180,000 subscribers in 48 cities, will be Zipcar. ...

Video: Robin Chase, founder of Zipcar, GoLoco at AltWheels Boston 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

At AltWheels Boston 2007, I had an interesting conversation with Robin Chase, co-founder of Zipcar and founder of GoLoco. In the video above, Robin talks about GoLoco, a Facebook web app that allows you to share rides and share the cost of travel with friends online. Robin says ride sharing reduces ...

Zipcar now offers seven vehicles for car sharing at UC Santa Cruz 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you're a member of the UC Santa Cruz community, it's now very easy to share your car. Well, the car actually belongs to Zipcar, but it can be yours when you need if if you sign up for the new car sharing program. Zipcar wants to expand off-campus soon, but for now is focusing on those ...

Zipcar reservations now possible over cell phones 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As if car sharing through Zipcar wasn't easy enough. Zipcar announced yesterday that the company's web-based vehicle reservation service will now be available on a mobile-friendly site. Thanks to a "robust GPS enabled Zipcar widget" from ULocate Communications, users can manage all their Zipcar ...

AutoblogGreen Q&A: Tobia Ciottone of Zipcar Chicago 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

On our latest podcast, AutoblogGreen had the opportunity to speak with Tobia Ciottone of Zipcar Chicago. As always, we make our podcast interviews available as a transcript so if you haven't listened or want to link to a particular quote, here's your chance. To listen to all our podcasts, click ...

ZipCar expands into two new locations in Brooklyn 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Car sharing service Zipcar has expanded again this time adding two new Brooklyn, NY locations from which members can get a car when they need one. The crowded streets of New York are probably one of the best possible locations for Zipcar service. Not having to deal with the hassle of trying to find ...

Need a place to park your Zipcar in London? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In large urban motropoli like London, it makes little sense to own your own car when you are only going to need it a few times a month. So, car renting and sharing services make great sense there, and are sprouting up all over. One such example of this type of service is Zipcar, which is based in ...

Car-share programs heat up Chicago 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Car-share programs, those unique memberships with around-the-clock access to cars parked throughout urban neighborhoods, is starting to look good as a profit enterprise. I-GO was started five years ago by a Chicago non-profit as an experiment. Now it has 80 vehicles and adds more than 200 new ...

ZipCar gaining popularity in Ann Arbor 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Last October the University of Michigan teamed up with ZipCar to offer the car-sharing service for staff and students at the Ann Arbor School. There are currently six cars available at three different campus locations around town and the service has been growing in use ever since. The Ann Arbor ...

Zipcar has largest service launch in Vancouver, BC 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Zipcar, the car sharing service, opened shop in Vancouver, British Columbia last week with a starting fleet of 100 cars. That may not seem like a lot in a city of 600,000, but it's the largest market launch in Zipcar's history. Zipcar made a move into Canada last year with a move into Toronto and ...

Zipcar launches new web 2.0 reservation system 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Car-sharing service Zipcar has revamped their reservation system on their website. The service allows members to buy credits for use of cars that are provided by Zipcar on an as needed basis. After surveying 30,000 members, they designed the new system using lots of Web 2.0 AJAX type features. The ...

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