DriveNow launches carsharing service in London

DriveNow, the carsharing joint-venture between the BMW Group and Sixt SE, is launching its flexible carsharing service in London. Initially, 210 BMW 1-series and Mini Countryman models will be available for spontaneous hire. DriveNow furthermore intends to add 30 all-electric BMW i3

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Eni launches its car sharing service 'Enjoy' in Rome

Enjoy, the car sharing service that Eni developed in partnership with Fiat and Trenitalia, has arrived in Rome and will start operating with a fleet of over 300 Fiat 500 cars which will increase to 600 by September 2014. Enjoy has already conquered Milan, with more than 80,000

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car2go celebrates one year of carsharing in Seattle

car2go North America, LLC celebrates its first full year of point-to-point carsharing operations in Seattle. More than 40,000 drivers have registered as car2go Seattle members and collectively share a network of 500 car2go edition smart fortwo vehicles,

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Zipcar launches in the City of Lakes; Minneapolis becomes Zipcar's 21st major metro market

Zipcar, Inc. with the support of Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, announced the expansion of Zipcar's car sharing network to the City of Minneapolis. With this launch, Minneapolis becomes Zipcar's 21st major metropolitan market.

The new Zipcar program will

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Zipcar starts zero membership fee 'Access Plan' in Canada

Zipcar, Inc. announced a new weekday, no annual fee driving programme called the 'Access Plan', which will be introduced as a pilot program in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada.

The Access Plan lets members drive Zipcars and Zipvans (where available) from

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car2go introduces a new way of carsharing in Seattle

car2go North America, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler North America, will start its carsharing service in Seattle on December19 by introducing a network of 330 car2go edition smart fortwo vehicles that will be available for shared use 24 hours a day, seven days

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BMW Group takes top prize at the 2012 Corporate Entrepreneur Awards for premium car-sharing joint-venture DriveNow

DriveNow, the premium car-sharing joint-venture by BMW Group and Sixt AG, was acknowledged as the best new corporate venture at the 2012 Corporate Entrepreneur Awards by Market Gravity and Wired Magazine.

More than 200 business leaders and entrepreneurs gathered

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Zipcar launches Miami as 20th major metro market

Zipcar, Inc., with the support of City of Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, announced the expansion of the Zipcar car sharing network into the City of Miami. With this launch, Miami becomes Zipcar's 20th major metropolitan market.

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Scion iQ EV arrives for campus and urban car sharing programs

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, Inc. announced the arrival of the 2013 Scion iQ EV in the United States. The iQ EV is a battery-electric four-seater city commuter car designed for car-sharing programs, in urban and campus environments.

"Toyota believes battery-electric

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Zipcar completes integration of Spain's largest car sharing service

Zipcar, Inc. announced the final integration of Spain's largest car sharing service, Barcelona-based Avancar. The integration widens Zipcar's global network and membership base, giving members access to even more vehicles around the world. The service

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Zipcar now offers Campus Car Sharing

Zipcar, Inc. is adding dozens of new schools to its popular University program this fall, and now offers campus car sharing at more than 300 colleges and universities throughout North America. Zipcar continues to be the leading choice for car sharing programs among

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Zipcar and the City of Houston launch first-of-its-kind municipal electric vehicle car sharing program

Zipcar, Inc. announced a new partnership with the City of Houston to launch a municipal electric vehicle (EV) fleet sharing program, called Houston Fleet Share. Through this program, 50 existing city-owned fleet vehicles – including 25 Nissan Leaf EVs – will be outfitted

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BMW Group launches premium car sharing in US

The BMW Group has now extended its premium car sharing program DriveNow to the US. DriveNow starts out in San Francisco with 70 electric vehicles. The innovative mobile parking solution, ParkNow, will debut in the Californian city in September.

"The BMW Group

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Zipcar announces plans to expand Zipvan cargo van service across North America

Zipcar, Inc. announced plans to expand the company's Zipvan cargo van service across North America. Zipcar is launching the Zipvan service in Seattle, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Portland, Oregon, and will roll out the service to its remaining metro markets in North

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car2go continues expansion in Canada and the USA

car2go North America LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler North America Corporation, announced that it will expand its carsharing operations in Canada and the United States this summer, making urban mobility more convenient, more flexible, and more widely available

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Daimler’s car2go continues carsharing expansion from coast to coast

car2go North America, LLC, a subsidiary of Daimler North America Corporation, announced that it will launch in two new cities, from coast to coast in March 2012. The car2go carsharing service will be available in Washington, D.C. beginning March 24 and

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