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NewsAugust 22, 2011

Car Sharing in Los Angeles May Expand Citywide

While the Los Angeles Department of Transportation suggests charging for parking spaces in the city’s car sharing program to help maintain appropriate funding, it also suggests that the city grow the pilot program to service the entire city.

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NewsAugust 19, 2011

Hertz and Marriott Announce EV Car-sharing Partnership

Hertz and Marriott introduce electric-vehicle (EV) car sharing at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront and the first EV car rental program in downtown San Francisco.

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NewsAugust 17, 2011

Québec Car Sharer Goes Electric

Communauto will add 50 all-electric Nissan LEAFs to its fleet, including 15 available today.

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NewsAugust 17, 2011

Peer-to-peer Car Sharer Gets $10 Million Investment

Shasta Ventures and Lisa Gansky are joining Google Ventures and August Capital in boosting the company’s total Series A.2 funding to $10 million.

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NewsAugust 17, 2011

Zipcar Draws the Short Straw

Washington D.C. opens up its car sharing market, allowing representatives from four companies to draw straws for allocation of parking spots.

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NewsAugust 17, 2011

Toyota Tests Prius Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle in WeCar Car Sharing Program at Yahoo!

Enterprise Rent-A-Car continues adding new vehicle technology to enhance sustainability of car sharing programs.

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NewsAugust 10, 2011

Zipcar Ups Revenue, Profits Flat in Q2

Zipcar reports a second quarter revenue increase of $61.6 million compared to $46.0 million in the prior year period. Zipcar reports adjusted EBITDA of $2.3 million compared to $0.3 million in the prior year period; US GAAP net loss of $5.6 million compared to a loss of $5.2 million in the prior year period.

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NewsAugust 9, 2011

Enterprise Holdings Acquires PhillyCarShare

Nonprofit serves more than 13,000 members. PhillyCarShare will operate as a for-profit service, and the brand name will be maintained during the integration process. Almost all PCS staff members have been offered positions.

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NewsAugust 5, 2011

Mint Cars On-Demand To Assume Assets of Somerville-based Car Sharing Company iCar

Move consolidates the area’s independent car sharing services.

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NewsJuly 29, 2011

RelayRides Neighbor-to-Neighbor Car Sharing Expands its San Francisco Service Into the Richmond District

The latest RelayRides expansion connects even more motorists interested in loaning their cars to neighbors looking for inexpensive access to a vehicle.

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