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Better Place and DSB to pilot electric car sharing for train travelers

Will trains and cars become the voyaging version of peanut butter and chocolate? Perhaps. Better Place is partnering with DSB, Denmark's largest rail service provider, to offer an electric car sharing service at its train terminals. The project will begin next year with a pilot program at the stations in Høje-Taastrup (pictured above) and Skanderborg. These are seen as great places to start because, not only are they a good distance apart, but they both serve the largest population centers in the country; the East Jutland ... Read more →

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 founder Robin Chase on why sharing is good Sebastian Blanco

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 ...

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 expects profit soon, IPO planned for early next year Sebastian Blanco

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 ...

VIDEO: Scott Griffith, Zipcar CEO: We have never had a request for a GM product 5 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 ...

How can I live without a car? 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Overall, the trend for the upcoming years will be more and more cars, maybe up to 3.5 billion around the world (there are about 800 million on the roads today). Cars like the ultra-cheap Tata Nano are opening the door for more and more people to own their own car, and a lot of people are eager to ...

Montgomery, MD spends $1,300/hr on car sharing service 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

A good number of people may think they are getting a great deal on their cell phone service until they look at how many of the 1,400 or 2,000 (or more) minutes a month from their plan they actually use. If you only use 50 minutes of a 1,400 minute plan it can work out to a steep $1.60 per minute, ...

FastFleet lets Zipcar boost car sharing for cities and fleets 6 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, ...

New Yorkers to get new car sharing option from Mint on May 1 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Drivers in Brooklyn and Park Slope, New York will have a new car sharing option available to them starting May 1. Mint is expanding from its current base in Manhattan into new parts of the city. Mint will also be expanding further over the rest of the year. Mint functions much like other car ...

Paris' electric vehicle car-sharing system put on hold 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoë announced an all-new EV public rental service, called Auto'lib, one year ago. Inspired by successful public bike rental system Ve'lib and the German Car2Go system (pictured above), the idea was that you could rent an electric car for short trips in the city. ...

Toyota's FTEV might be aimed at car-sharing services 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

The iQ-based Toyota FT-EV that we saw in Detroit might one day replace all those golden bird and circuit stickers for ones that read Zipcar or Connect or even Better Place. According to the New York Times' Green Inc. blog, Toyota isn't planning on producing the FT-EV for "the conventional car ...

Hertz puts the hurt on Zipcar at OSU 10 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, ...

Hertz launches car sharing service: Connect 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Following the lead of ZipCar, Hertz is launching its own car sharing service under the "Connect by Hertz" brand. Hertz is starting with a slow roll out in New York City, Park Ridge, NJ, London and Paris. The initial fleet of 35 cars in New York includes MINIs, Camrys and Priuses. All of the Connect ...

Atlanta joins Zipcar to promote car-sharing for city employees 11 months 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 ...

Daimler creates Smart-based Car2Go car sharing service 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Later this week in the city of Ulm, Germany, near its Stuttgart headquarters, Daimler will be kicking off a pilot test of its new car sharing service car2go. The system will function more like the bike sharing services available in a number of European and American cities now as opposed to the ...

Peugeot launches EcoSharing, a new Facebook car sharing app 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Using the Internet to share a ride is not new at all and we've found another system to help you share a car if you use Facebook. There's a new Facebook application developed by Peugeot called EcoSharing and it allows Facebook users to get in touch to share a ride, either by offering a seat on a car ...

Apartment block gets "in house" car sharing 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Residents of Radnor Park in Clydebank, Scotland have a new transportation alternative in the form of three new cars to share amongst themselves. And although the car-sharing arrangement does require them to pay a fee of £5 for a day's worth of car time, they won't need to worry about paying ...

Courier-sharing scheme appears in France 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Most of us are unaware of the impact of couriers services. Yes, it's good to get everything we ordered delivered straight to our door and it's usually greener than going to the mall to look for it, but here's an idea we just saw in France: courier sharing. Imagine you have to sent a parcel from ...

Carsharing in Paris? Get your subscription for free 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Carsharing is quite a good thing. I'm actually using one in my own city (although, sadly, not regularly). One barrier to use is the monthly or yearly fee. A company in Paris has decided that this was unfair and has launched a set of carsharing tariffs that excludes montly fees or membership dues. ...

U.K. opens its first HOV lane 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Most of us here in the U.S. don't get the opportunity to drive around in the UK very often, and that includes myself. Still, I was a bit shocked when I read the press release I've now posted after the break, which announced that the UK has just opened the country's first High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) ...

When is carsharing not carsharing? When its Thrifty's "hourly rental" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I suppose the best thing that Thrifty Car Rental's new "Hourly Rentals" deal has going for it is that it sort of bridges the divide between flat-out renting a car for the day and belonging to a carsharing service. Thrifty's new service, which started yesterday at two Manhattan Locations, isn't as ...

Carsharing, yes; owning, no #4: Ready to go 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As you can see in the pic, my car sharing user card arrived in the post today. That's nice, 48 hours after I faxed all the documentation they requested. The pic also shows the T10 cards that allow 10 trips on any kind of public transport in Barcelona Metro Area, on up to 4 different transport ...

Carsharing, yes; owning, no - An AutoblogGreen writer's story 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I need to replace my car. But, I have decided, more exactly, that I'm going carless. I currently have a car which has served me good. My late-1998 Seat Ibiza TDI Hit has reached 200,000 km on the odometer. The car has been a constant source of satisfaction. Since the TDi engines appeared in Audi in ...

FlexCar goes greener by offering carbon offsets from TerraPass 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Car sharing service FlexCar is teaming up with terrapass to provide their members the opportunity to be even more environmentally friendly. FlexCar members can now login on the website and buy a Green Membership for $9.95 that will offset up to 1 ton of CO2 over the next twelve months. Members who ...

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 ...

Streetcar and Network Rail provide car sharing from British train stations 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

ZipCar is getting to be pretty well known here in the US and even has a branch in London England. However they aren't the only car sharing service and one located in England is called StreetCar. Streetcar has done a deal with British railway operator Network Rail to set up car sharing sites at four ...

FlexCar expands with hybrid car sharing in Baltimore 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Car sharing service Flexcar has been in operation since 2000 when they launched in Seattle, Washington and they've now expanded into their tenth US city, Baltimore, Maryland. The company is partnering with Johns Hopkins University to provide four hybrid cars that will parked around campus. Members ...

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 ...

ZipCar invites Chicago to watch a movie and leave their car 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you're in the Chicago area and have an old beater that you want to dispose of, ZipCar has an offer for you. ZipCar is the car-sharing service that maintains a fleet of cars, and allows members to buy credits that you can use to drive one of the cars on an as needed basis. On Monday, February 26, ...

"Swipe a Car" is how Charter Drive pitches their car sharing service 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Comparing car sharing services around the globe allows us to see all the ways one can operate a part-time car business. One thing I like about Charter Drive, based in Sydney, Australia, is their three-part pricing structure for users who need a car occasionally, frequently or regularly. ...

Street Car sharing cars in London 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I really like the idea of car sharing. In the US, we've got CityWheels and ZipCar. In the UK, there is WhizzGo and now Street Car. The incredibly cleverly named Street Car (seriously, I dig it) offers Londoners a fleet of nothing but Volkswagen Golfs at this point. These cars are not the bare bones ...

Forget Avis car rental, think Avis car sharing for families who downsize their autos 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Now this is thinking positive. Avis car rentals in the UK is pitching itself as an option for people who are downsizing the vehicles they own, but find themselves needing their old car again. If you've traded in your truck for a compact, but need to move a sofa across town, why not rent a truck from ...

Zipcar in San Francisco: 5,000 members strong and growing 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Chicago and Toronto may be Zipcar's latest markets, but San Francisco is the company's stronghold. The car-sharing company marked its paper anniversary (or clock anniversary, if you're the modern type) in the Bay Area with an announcement that it will be doubling it's fleet of 200 cars there in the ...

Now you can WhizzGo in York 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

WhizzGo, a UK-based car sharing company, is now operating in York. This makes six UK cities (along with Liverpool, Leeds, London, Brighton & Hove and Southampton) cities where drivers can pay to use a car by the hour. It's callled car sharing. Similar to the U.S.-based Zipcar, people who want to ...

Zipcar has 100 vehicles available now in Chicago 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

100 cars are ready to be shared and are waiting in 14 neighborhoods around Chicago, part of yesterday's launch that gave Zipcar the largest car sharing fleet in Illinois. The state government is promoting car sharing through a $25,000 grant that encourages car sharing in Illinois. Zipcar is matching ...

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