Tagged car sharing
By Chris Brown , January 2012
The theft of exotic cars due to lack of proper security controls brings up insurance, liability and quality concerns regarding the peer-to-peer model. Sometimes it’s not so smart to cut out the middleman.
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January 6, 2012 in Safety, Maintenance
Around 25% of the city’s car-sharing fleet was vandalized or suffered from breakdowns after about a month of service.
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January 6, 2012 in Green Fleet
The service is called the Car Club, according to the The Guardian, and runs as a subsidiary to the car rental company EasyCar.
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January 4, 2012 in Fuel, Green Fleet
I-GO Car Sharing announced that its electric vehicle project will add 36 all-electric vehicles to its fleet and 18 solar charging stations to provide clean power to its cars.
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January 4, 2012 in Fleet Insurance, Rental Operations, Safety
HiGear, a peer-to-peer, luxury car-sharing company in San Francisco, announced it is shutting down after a series of vehicles were stolen from customers.
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December 21, 2011 in Green Fleet
Austin was the first North American car2go city, and will remain as corporate headquarters.
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December 19, 2011 in Fleet Acquisition, Rental Operations
Avancar is Spain's largest car-sharing operator.
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By Chris Brown , December 2011
What roles will independent car rental companies, car dealers and car-sharing technology play in the car rental industry in 2012? And will Hertz deal anew for a Dollar Thrifty merger?
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December 13, 2011 in Rental Operations, Vehicle Research
A Zipcar annual study on “millennials,” or 18-34-year-olds, reveals that this age group values saving money and protecting the environment when considering car ownership.
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December 12, 2011
Built off the citywide bike rental scheme, the electric car-sharing project had vehicles on the road officially Dec. 5.
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