There are lots of local carsharing companies, but currently there are only two that are nationwide. Yes, that’s right, two. The second one is called U Car Share, a year-old subsidiary of U-Haul. I have never really paid much attention to them, so I did some researching, some interviewing, and here’s why I think U [...]
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Zipcar announced it has doubled its membership over the past year. Currently with 225,000 members, it is growing at about 10,000 members per month versus about 3,000 members per month this time in 2007. They currently have about 5,500 cars as well, and say that their members have helped take 75,000 cars off the road, [...]
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Yesterday I discussed how smaller carsharing companies in large cities need to expand in order to survive when the national rental agencies join the fray. Today I’m reading my newsfeeds, and see that Austin CarShare, one of the small companies I mentioned, is expanding its fleet from four to ten vehicles shortly. It’s great to [...]
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In an interview in the New York Times yesterday, Hertz CEO Mark P. Frissora was asked about carsharing, and he responded that:
[W]e are going to be in that business model, and we are going to be in it big within in[sic] the next six months. That will be announced. I can promise you that we [...]
PhillyCarShare, which has grown exponentially in the last several years, and has said that the higher gas goes, the more their membership ranks swell, has told their members about a negative they are now seeing to high gas prices, other than the price. In July’s newsletter, they mentioned this:
Here’s the inside scoop: we all know [...]
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Hey all,
Welcome to Carsharing World. This blog will discuss all aspects of carsharing, mostly in America but all around the world as well. Soon there will be pages about the basics of carsharing for those new to the idea, as well as forums for those who want to discuss it further. Wherever the site ends [...]
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