car sharing service

This fall, Volkswagen will launch a pilot car-sharing program called "Quicar – Share a Volkswagen" in Hanover, Germany. Quicar's first available model will be the Golf BlueMotion, a vehicle powered by a 1.6-liter TDI diesel engine with an average fuel consumption of 3.8 liters per 100 ...

Zipcar's initial public offering (IPO) earlier this month turned a concept – vehicles available for rent by the hour – into a $1.2 billion stock-market value, according to Barron's, America's so-called "premier" financial magazine. However, the car-sharing company, as we've pointed ...

Daimler's Car2go is expanding into Canada and Vancouver, British Columbia has been selected as the first city north of the border to launch the innovative car-sharing service. Additionally, Car2go Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of Daimler North America, will set up shop in Vancouver. First launched ...

Despite its struggles – which you can read about here, here and here – Zipcar, one of the world's leading car sharing companies, has officially gone public. Zipcar's IPO yesterday raised $174.3 million with shares priced at a rather lofty $18 each. The company and its stockholders ...

Despite its struggles – which you can read about here, here and here – Zipcar, one of the world's leading car sharing companies, is moving forward with plans to go public. Zipcar has amended its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is now seeking an estimated $89.2 ...

Want some data sharing with your car sharing? On Thursday, Zipcar added eight Toyota Prius plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) to its car-sharing fleet. The plug-in Priuses, which are not available for purchase until 2012, will be accessible to Zipcar members in Boston, MA, Cambridge, MA, San Francisco, CA, ...

Silicon Valley startup Getaround offers a carsharing service with a twist. Unlike companies like Zipcar, which owns the vehicles that are available for use by its members, Getaround is a peer-to-peer-based service that works like this: car owners agree to put their autos up for rent on an hourly, ...

Billionaire tycoon Vincent Bollore has committed to invest over 100 million euros ($131 million U.S. at the current exchange rate) into Autolib, Paris' electric carsharing program. The city's car-for-hire scheme is modeled after the successful, but often times problematic, Vélib ...

In early 2011, Citroen will introduce its battery-powered C-Zero – a nearly identical twin to the Mitsubishi i-MiEV – to the growing group of individuals who participate in the company's electric business-to-business (BtoB) ...

With its just-introduced BMW on Demand program, the automaker has entered the car sharing industry to compete with heavyweight player Zipcar. Unlike Zipcar, which provides a range of mostly fuel-efficiency models, the ...