In Austin Texas, Car2Go is going official

Soon in Austin Texas, thanks to German company Car2Go, Texans can be seeing SmartCars in an entirely new light. All city and state officials in Austin will have the possibility to share automobile service with the year old pilot program. Car2Go is a service in the car-sharing business that charges users by the minute for use of the SmartCars, which is a model that is becoming a lot more and more popular in larger cities.

How it works with Car2Go

Car2Go is a car-sharing system that places a large number of cars in an urban area. “Members” of Car2Go can then use their wise card to rent the cars by the minute. The Car2Go cars can be picked up and dropped off anywhere within the Car2Go area. At only 35 cents per minute, these Car2Go cars can help up urban residents who don't need a vehicle but occasionally have to use one.

Car2Go or ZipCar

As an American business, founded in 2000, ZipCar is presently operating in 49 U.S. cities as well as in Toronto, London, and Vancouver. After getting Flexcar in 2007, ZipCar represented about 50 percent of the automobile sharing within the world. Both Cars2Go and ZipCars rely on their "members" to unlock and rent the cars. ZipCar is also partnered with numerous 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 in the United States and around the world. Numerous cities within the US, such as Buffalo, San Francisco, Boulder, NYC, Denver, Salt Lake City, and Minneapolis-Saint Paul have all began a automobile sharing network. 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 individuals in each city.