Zipcar Lands in Windy City
4 Mar 2011, 09:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The car-sharing concept is spreading fast across the US, mostly thanks to the efforts made by one of the biggest companies activating in this field. For years now, Zipcar has been fighting to popula...
Zipcar and Toyota to Launch Multi-City Introduction of PHEVs
27 Jan 2011, 15:10 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Car sharing service provider Zipcar announced today the introduction of eight Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles (PHVs) into its network, that are now available to Zipcar members in Boston/Cambrid...
car2go Moves to Shopping Centers
20 Jan 2011, 16:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Where is the best place for an operator of car sharing services, say Mercedes-Benz to find people in need of a ride, or something similar? No, not universities, because those areas have been pretty ...
Zipcar Gets Green Light for Streetcar Buy
22 Dec 2010, 11:07 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It would appear there is no stopping one of the largest car sharing companies in the world. Provided each carmaker does not come up with its own car sharing system, like BMW and Daimler are trying t...
Bluecar EV Sharing for Paris
19 Dec 2010, 19:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / We are confident most of you are pretty familiar with the bike rental services available in some of the European countries. If you're not, here's a quick sum-up: bikes are spread throughou...
Zipcar Moves into Hollywood
17 Dec 2010, 16:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / How about some A-list celebs traveling in car-for-share? Not going to happen, of course, but there are more people living in Hollywood than the names on the A-list. Much more, and apparently Zipcar,...
Zipcar Ends Low Car Diet No. 3
7 Dec 2010, 07:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Kicked off in September this year, the Zipcar low car diet, a program set in motion to convince as many people as possible to give up their cars for a month. Instead they can use whatever means of t...
Electric Car Sharing Reaches the Bay Area
28 Oct 2010, 09:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the first fleets of electric vehicles meant for car sharing programs is about to take its rightful place on the market, after nonprofit organization City CarShare announced today the launch o...
Daimler and Europcar Bring car2go to Hamburg
18 Oct 2010, 14:21 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Hamburg is the first city in which car2go is being introduced as part of the planned international market launch, Daimler announced today. The launch is scheduled for the end of the first quarter in...
Zipcar Partners with NY City Government
13 Oct 2010, 08:16 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / One of the most important deals signed by Zipcar lately is the recent partnership with the City of New York to provide car sharing memberships to Department of Transportation (DOT) employees as a pa...
smart fortwo car2go edition Launched
4 Oct 2010, 07:12 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / car2go and smart have recently introduced a new generation of cars, a blue-and-white smart fortwo that will roll off the production line at the smart plant in Hambach, Lorraine, as a fully-configure...
Daimler car2go Program Tops 10,000 Members
28 Sep 2010, 13:44 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Daimler’s car sharing program car2go initiated in May 2010 has just reached 10,000 registered members in its first North American city Austin, Texas. According to Daimler, since the start of t...
University of Notre Dame Goes the Zipcar Way
3 Sep 2010, 09:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Another university in the US joins the car sharing party, after the University of Notre Dame announced a partnership with the company omnipresent on campuses' grounds, Zipcar. As usual, this me...
Fiat 500 and Alfa MiTo Join Connect Car Share Fleet
2 Sep 2010, 05:53 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The British division of Fiat announced today it has partnered with car-share organisation Connect owned by Hertz to introduce the Fiat 500 city car and Alfa MiTo in its fleet. The scheme will initia...
Zipcar Ties the Knot with the University at Buffalo
27 Aug 2010, 09:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Another campus win for car sharing company Zipcar was announced today, following several other similar achievements this week. This time, Zipcar has partnered with the University at Buffalo (UB) to ...
University of North Carolina Partners with Zipcar
24 Aug 2010, 13:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The car sharing programs created by specialized company Zipcar is gaining more and more attention in campuses across the US, with more universities partnering with the company for their services. To...
Zipcar Acquisition of Streetcar Referred to Competition Commission
23 Aug 2010, 10:13 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Car sharing service provider Zipcar recently revealed that the U.K.'s Office of Fair Trading had decided to refer the company's acquisition of Streetcar to the Competition Commission for a...
Zipcar Low-Car Diet Begins in September
18 Aug 2010, 10:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The third annual Low-Car Diet campaign (wacky name, we know) organized by car sharing company Zipcar begins in September 14, as yet another way to popularize this new means of transportation. The Lo...
Think Enters Car Sharing Program
16 Aug 2010, 07:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Scandinavian electric vehicle manufacturer Think decided to take yet another approach as part of its efforts to make the City electric vehicle more visible to the general public. Together with its d...
Zipcar Sharing, Now in Baltimore
30 Jun 2010, 10:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The car sharing program set in motion by specialized company Zipcar has expanded to Baltimore, with an initial 22 vehicles (Toyota Prius, Tacoma pick-ups, Smart Fortwo and Mini Cabrio) to be distrib...