Thanks to German company Car2Go, Austin Texas should be seeing SmartCars in a new light. The year old pilot program could be expanded within the car-sharing service to all city and state officials in Austin. Car2Go is a service in car-sharing that charges users by the minute of their SmartCars, a model that seems to be becoming popular in big cities.
How it works with Car2Go
Car2Go is a car-sharing system that places a large number of automobiles in an urban area. Those who are "members" of Car2Go can use a smart card to rent cars by the minute. Car2Go cars can be picked up or dropped off within the Car2Go area. At about 35 cents per minute of rental, the Car2Go system bridges the gap for urban residents that do not have a car, but sometimes have need of one.
Car2Go or ZipCar
ZipCar is an American company, founded in 2000, that presently operates in 49 U.S. cities also as Vancouver, Toronto and London. After getting Flexcar in 2007, ZipCar represented about 50 percent of the car sharing within the world. ZipCar relies on "members" that use the membership card to unlock and rent ZipCars just like Cars2Go. ZipCar is also partnered with many universities and businesses that want to help commuters and students time-share their automobiles.
The Benefits of sharing cars
Car2Go and ZipCar represent just two of the growing number of car-sharing services within the United States and around the world. Cities in the US such as Minneapolis-Saint Paul ,Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, Denver, NYC, Boulder, San Francisco, and Buffalo have all started a car-sharing business. The car-sharing systems increase flexibility, reduce congestion, and rend to be a lot more environmentally friendly. Also, large companies such as Car2Go and ZipCar will use electric and hybrid cars which will increase the overall fuel efficiency for hundreds of people in each city.
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