Car Sharing
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The proposed purchase agreement would add 14 European cities and 10,000 vehicles to Free2Move's existing 2,500-vehicle fleet.
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Study: Taking Uber or Lyft costs society and environment more than driving yourself
All the miles ride-hailing cars travel with only the driver amounts to more overall pollution, congestion, crashes, and noise, a study concludes.
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Electric cars from BlueIndy car sharing now face the crusher
Electric cars face the crusher, and many charging stations could be ripped out, too, in a big city that isn't so welcoming of EVs.
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California will mandate more electric cars for Uber and Lyft: Here’s how
Huge portions of the Uber and Lyft fleets will be required to go electric—and it's up to those companies to figure out how.
Bengt Halvorson -
Renault launches new all-electric car-sharing service in Paris
Zity sweeps in to potentially meet pent-up demand left by former effort Autolib; but will it find better success than other automaker-run programs?
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Hyundai partners with subscription-EV company Canoo to co-develop platform
California-based Canoo will provide "engineering services" to Hyundai under a new partnership.
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Even after a merger of car-sharing operations earlier this year, the German automakers can't find a way to make Share Now viable.
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Car2Go leaving Portland, Denver, other US cities due to "highly volatile" market
What's left of Car2Go, now called Share Now, is leaving several North American cities it formerly called its strongest markets.
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Canoo won't let you buy the EVs they're developing for 2021 and beyond
The startup Canoo aims to be a subscription-only automaker, with a set of electric vehicles that it will design, maintain, and update.
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Audi E-tron delays, EVgo Autocharge, Hyundai-Kia EV app: Today's Car News
Rivian reveals the company plans six new models. Hyundai and Kia release an app to customize settings and performance for plug-in cars. Audi faces more battery delays for its long-awaited E-tron electric SUV. EVgo turns on the first non-Tesla fast chargers with one-step Plug'n Charge. All this and...
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Mercedes joins forces with BMW to build an electric ecosystem
Making electric cars accessible to more people requires developing an ecosystem that would help drivers charge, and occasionally get to destinations that might not yet be ideal for an electric car—like a long road trip. To bridge those gaps for buyers of its upcoming EQC and other electric...
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Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid, cheap renewables, tax credits: Today's Car News
California regulatory documents show range estimates for the new Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid. A new report shows that building new renewable power can be cheaper than running old coal plants. Automakers join forces to lobby for extending electric-car tax credits. And California preps for half a million...
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Several automakers are experimenting with electric-car sharing programs as they look to an autonomous future when cars are more about providing rides than being purchased. Volkswagen is going whole hog, launching an electric-only car sharing program in Europe that it also plans to bring to North America and Asia. That led us to wonder if an all-electric car sharing program from Volkswagen would be of interest to our Twitter followers. READ MORE: Electric car-sharing programs expanding in U.S. Volkswagen turned off a lot of green car buyers when it advertised its high-mileage diesels as clean...
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Audi e-tron, Lucid investment, and electric-car sharing programs: Today's Car News
The Audi e-tron makes its formal debut as the brand's first mass-market electric car. Lucid Motors secures funding to build a factory for its car. Electric-car car-sharing programs are poised to expand in the U.S. And we ask if readers would sign up for VW's electric-car subscription plan in a new...
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Electric car-sharing programs expanding in U.S.
Electric cars and car sharing go naturally together. Both aim to clean up the environment by reducing gasoline consumption. With lower maintenance, electric cars are also easier to maintain for fleets than gas cars. Combined with gas cars, car-sharing fleets can also provide a backup for...
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Singapore launches electric-car sharing program using Bollore BlueCars
Some of us take for granted the difficulty and cost of owning a car, but more alternatives exist today than did 10 years ago. While many view car ownership as a monthly lease or financing payment, owning a car for others requires finding a place to keep it and perhaps the need to keep moving it...
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Car subscription services to take 1 of 5 sales by 2023, Volvo CEO says
The 2019 Volvo XC40 not only represents the Swedish brand's first compact crossover to be sold in the U.S. but its first shot at a new model for drivers to obtain cars: a subscription service. During the XC40 launch, Volvo revealed it would introduce Care by Volvo, a subscription service giving...
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Tesla Model 3: do design features point to self-driving car-sharing service?
The Tesla Model 3 continues to generate an inordinate amount of interest from electric-car advocates and the general public, as pretty much any Tesla model has in the past. But unlike the Model S in 2012, which broke new ground on multiple fronts, the lower-priced Model 3 appears to be less...
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Oregon is a state that punches well above its weight in promoting and adopting zero-emission vehicles and plug-in electric cars. Smaller than California, it offers a laboratory where EV makers can try out new programs and experiment with new marketing and charging programs to see how they work. That was the pitch, at least, from the state-funded Drive Oregon advocacy group, which mounts the influential "EV Roadmap" conference in Portland each summer. CHECK OUT: Oregon's Pitch To Electric-Car Industry: Come Test New Stuff Here! (Nov 2015) With its state funds due to end this summer, the group...
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GM's Maven car-sharing adds Chevy Bolt EV electric cars (in LA)
With the 238-mile Chevy Bolt EV electric car now in its third month of sales and rolling out to additional states every month, the industry is focused on its sales numbers. Retail buyers have asked to what degree GM's plans to dedicate a number of the early Bolt EVs to its Maven car-sharing service...
John Voelcker -
BlueLA expands French electric-car sharing service to California
Bolloré Group will operate an electric-car sharing service in Los Angeles.
Stephen Edelstein -
For car-sharing to grow, 6 assumptions are key: Daimler
The CEO of Daimler's Car2Go service discusses assumptions about the future of the business.
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Hyundai Ioniq Electric: how maker plans to market 124-mile electric car
Hyundai will use some novel promotions to market its Ioniq Electric plug-in car.
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Curbside electric-car charging in Jersey City highlights importance for city drivers
Jersey City now offers curbside electric-car charging.
Stephen Edelstein