China: Car Rental Ads ‘Bombarding’ Residents (January 6, 2012)
With some rates as low as 49 yuan (or $7.70) per day the auto rental industry is targeting Chinese residents and urging them to rent a car, according to China Daily. One advertisement reads, “Drive home instead of being packed in a train.”
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Paris’ Autolib Fleet Vandalized, About 50 Cars Taken Out of Service (January 6, 2012)
The city of Paris started its short-term car rental, or car-sharing, model in December, but had to pull about 25% of Autolib’s 200-vehicle fleet into repair after a series of vandalism strikes and breakdowns, according to the Journal du Dimanche.
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UK EasyCar Founder Rolls Out Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing (January 6, 2012)
Launched in London at the beginning of 2012, the Car Club adds another car-sharing company to the mix and runs as a subsidiary to the U.K.-based car rental company EasyCar, according to The Guardian.
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Italian National Car Rental Franchise Partners with Alitalia Airline (January 6, 2012)
According to Incentive Travel & Corporate Meetings in a Jan. 4 article, Maggiore, the Italian franchise partner for National Car Rental, made a 5-year agreement with Alitalia to be the airline’s exclusive car rental provider. ...
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Chicago Car-Sharing Nonprofit Uses Solar-Powered Charging Station for EVs (January 4, 2012)
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) approved the installation of an I-GO Car Sharing solar-powered charging station for the nonprofit’s electric vehicles (EVs), I-GO announced in a press release in December. ...
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