A fleet of 225 car2go smart “car2go edition” vehicles in Vancouver, British Columbia, is now ready for use in the free-floating carsharing service. Vancouver is Canada’s first city to host the car2go service, in which cars have no reservations time limits, and members are allowed to make one-way trips instead of returning cars to their pickup location.
Since the announcement, approximately 2,000 Vancouverites have registered and received their membership cards. Members could begin driving the vehicles starting Saturday 18 June. car2go has extended the free registration period (a $35 value) until 3 July.
Members can rent a car2go “on-demand” or reserve a vehicle up to 24 hours in advance. The car2go vehicles that are readily available to be driven can be viewed on the internet or with a smartphone app, and can be driven for as long as needed without committing to a return time.
To end the rental, a driver leaves the vehicle at any “permit only” on-street parking spot in downtown or residential neighborhoods within the defined business area, or in one of the specially marked car2go parking spaces.
Members pay for what they use by the minute with discounted rates for hourly and daily use and are only charged for the time they use the car2go. Rates include fuel, parking, mileage, insurance, maintenance and GPS navigation.
car2go now has a global network of more than 40,000 members and 1,000 smart vehicles. car2go says it will further expand in other North American and European cities in 2011.
Source: Green Car Congress
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