Car2go
- Sebastian Blanco
- Nov 21, 2016
Point-to-point car sharing service lasted five years.
The joy completes on Fresh Year’s Eve, 2016.
Car2go finds big customer base waiting in China
- Sebastian Blanco
- Jun 7, 2016
Over 78,000 use the little Brainy Cars in Chongqing after just two months.
Car2go says that it is growing quicker in its very first location in Asia than it did in North America or Europe.
Someone is tipping over Car2go Brainy ForTwos again
- Antti Kautonen
- Apr 15, 2016
The smaller the car, the lighter it is to mess with it.
By the looks of it, Seattle Car2go Clever Fortwos need a “This way up” sticker on them.
Moovel debuts in US, marking another mobility shift for Daimler
- Danny King
- Apr 15, 2016
RideScout, GlobeSherpa are now part of Moovel North America.
Mercedes-Benz parent brings Moovel ride-sharing division to the US buy acquiring two startups.
BMW moves car-sharing program from San Francisco to Seattle
- Antti Kautonen
- Apr 9, 2016
BMW wants to ensure their products get driven, even if they are collective.
BMW has chosen Seattle to be the very first city for its fresh ReachNow program, which is an overhauled version of the earlier DriveNow car sharing program available in San Francisco.
Car2go kills all-EV fleet in San Diego, substitutes it with gas cars
- Sebastian Blanco
- Mar 17, 2016
Car sharing group blames the lack of charging infrastructure for the switch.
Car2go says it can’t provide its electrical car sharing fleet with enough energy, so it’s switching over to gas vehicles.
GM buys failed ridesharing company for less than $39m
- Sebastian Blanco
- Jan Nineteen, 2016
Purchase Of Sidecar Comes After GM’s $500m Investment In Lyft
Sidecar, self-proclaimed inventor of ridesharing, didn’t get through in an Uber world. Now GM is swooping in to pick up the chunks.
Car2go introduces four-seat Mercedes B-Class vehicles
- Chris Bruce
- Sep 29, 2015
Fresh Vehicles In Canada Go after European Car2go Black Service
The Car2go car sharing service is getting a little more roomy by suggesting Mercedes-Benz B-Class in pilot program in Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver, Canada. It’s the very first time in North America the company is renting a model with a rear seat.
Car2Go expands service in Fresh York City
- Chris Bruce
- Aug 13, 2015
By-The-Minute Carsharing Now Reaches Into Queens
Car2Go is growing from Brooklyn into several areas in the borough of Queens to expand the car-sharing service’s reach in the Big Apple. It’s also adding one hundred more Clever Fortwos to the fleet to cope with the extra users.
Daimler training teenagers to drive with EVs, offers Car2go access
- Sebastian Blanco
- Apr 12, 2015
Daimler is suggesting German driver’s license tests in electrified vehicles. Once you pass, you can also get access to local Car2go carsharing program.
Portland Car2go carsharing program adds, what else, bike racks
- Danny King
- Mar Legal, 2015
Movie Shows That The ForTwo Fits Guitar In Back
Car2go adds bike racks to about half of its Clever ForTwo fleet in Portland.
San Diego Car2go fleet substituted with four hundred 2014 Clever Fortwo EVs
- Sebastian Blanco
- Feb Three, 2015
400 two thousand fourteen Wise Fortwo Electrical Drive Vehicles Will Substitute Carsharing Fleet
Car2go is substituting all of its EVs in San Diego with fresh two thousand fourteen Brainy Fortwo EDs, ahead of the refreshed model’s arrival in the US in two thousand sixteen or 2017.
Car2go now has 1,000,000 members
- Sebastian Blanco
- Dec 14, 2014
12,000 Carsharing Vehicles Have Gone one hundred thirty six Million Miles
Turns out, 1,000,000 people sharing 12,000 cars can have a big influence. Now that Car2go has claimed the seven-digit member figure (disclosure: I’m one of those million), the Daimler-owned carsharing company is, ahem, sharing a few figures in the traditional infographic format. Click the picture above to enhance it.
Clever offers $75 lease deal to Car2go users in San Diego
- Sebastian Blanco
- Dec Ten, 2014
That’s For The Unspoiled Model; The Passion Is A Whopping $99 A Month
If you’ve been saving money by sharing a car instead of buying your own, then maybe you have enough left over to go lease one. Because if there’s anything that sharing a car should instruct you, it’s to want your own, right? We’re confused, too.
Car2go turns your smartphone into carsharing key with Mobile Access
- Sebastian Blanco
- Nov 24, 2014
You No Longer Need A Card To Share A Car
For all the smarts in the Wise cars used in Car2go, the cars haven’t been clever enough to talk to users’ clever phones. At least, not in the way you might want them to talk to each other. Until now, Car2go users have had to carry a special card with them to build up access to the broad network of carsharing vehicles. Now, you can get in and drive using your phone and the Car2go app.
Bibendum 2014: Daimler studying China for Car2go expansion
- Sebastian Blanco
- Nov 12, 2014
Display In Chengdu two thousand fourteen Gives Us A Clue
Despite a latest setback in the UK, Daimler’s carsharing company Car2go remains in expansion mode. The company is presently studying the scene in China (and other countries) to see where the next batch of blue-and-white Brainy Fortwo cars will land.
Car2go brings incentives to charging in San Diego
- Sebastian Blanco
- Oct 23, 2014
Park Your EV Downtown, Get Free Minutes
Plugging in a vehicle to get power makes sense when that vehicle is wielded by one person or family and – like most of the cars on the planet – sits still for most of the day. But when you’re attempting to share an EV, or a few hundred of them, charging time becomes doubly significant. You need those electrons to budge but every minute spent charging is time the car can’t be collective.
Car2go acquires RideScout, adds all sorts of transportation options to carsharing program
- Sebastian Blanco
- Sep Three, 2014
Car2go has always been about suggesting its members an alternative to traditional car ownership as they stir around town. Now, the carsharing company’s concentrate is expanding to suggest alternatives (plural) with the addition of things like taxis, bikesharing and public transportation to the Car2go family. This is because Car2go and its parent company, Moovel (which is in turn possessed by Daimler), have acquired RideScout, an all-in-one service that Car2go calls, “the leading app-based mobility platform in
Recharge Wrap-up: Cool fresh Euro VI railroader Unimog, Car2go hearts charity
- John Beltz Snyder
- Aug 6, 2014
China Attempting Again To Get Drivers To Switch To EVs
Mercedes-Benz’s mega-cool road-railer Unimog now boasts Euro VI compliance. Used for railroad track maintenance and train shunting work, this diesel-powered Unimog offers about a 90-percent improvement in particulate emissions over the Euro V. The fresh engine also offers improved efficiency. It provides two hundred thirty one horsepower, and with eight forward and eight switch sides gears, it can travel up to thirty one miles per hour in either direction. It also has fresh in-cabin features that make it lighter to use for the driv