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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Automakers have entered this market with mixed results, building substantial membership levels in only a few years, but they are also challenged with the new MaaS business model. ReachNow is starting to ramp up in Portland, Seattle, Brooklyn and other cities, but ultimately decided to join forces with Daimler’s Car2Go.

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BMW’s ReachNow car sharing expands to Brooklyn, launches pilot programs for new mobility services

Green Car Congress

The service also introduced four new mobility services: Ride, Reserve, Share, and Fleet Solutions for residential buildings. The expansion to Brooklyn marks the company’s first expansion beyond the West Coast of the United States; the service currently operates in Seattle and Portland. Vehicles can be rented for a minimum of two days.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

New vehicles to be deployed include 55 CNG vehicles, 363 propane vehicles, 89 hybrid electric vehicles, and 56 neighborhood electric vehicles. The project is aimed at building the infrastructure to encourage public and private vehicle operators to convert existing vehicles from conventional gasoline to clean propane.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

It’s in the pavement at a bus stop in the middle of a residential neighborhood. We’re working with about 15 transit agencies in the US right now, at various stages of planning and build-out. We did a ribbon cutting for Kitsap Transit, which is right across from Seattle. Grant Transit, which is in Moses Lake, Washington.

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Local Weather Transportation/Traffic Education Environment Politics Real Estate Joel Connelly Webtowns/Neighborhoods Obituaries Special Reports Corrections US/World U.S. If we do things the wrong way, thats going to mean building more power plants, more dirty coal plants," he said. Washington, D.C. We think the consumers are ready."

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The electric car and grid parity - OregonLive.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is the same government who gave us Light Rail, Tram, and are proposing building a new stadium. See more in Economy Send To A Friend | Print this | Permalink Reddit Digg del.icio.us Google Facebook COMMENTS (1) Post a comment Posted by tombdragon on 04/21/09 at 12:05AM The Government needs to intervene for our benefit??? Inappropriate?

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