Zipcar Launches First Electric Vehicle Pod

The limited battery range and lack of known charging stations, which have hindered electric vehicles’ popularity among average folks, turn out to be a match made in heaven for Zipcar. With a vast majority, 95 percent, of its customers using the service for trips lasting less than four hours and not more than 25 miles, electric cars are ideally suited for the Zipcar sharing platform. Including Citroen c1 and plug-in hybrid Toyota Prius the Electric Vehicle Pod aims to extend the platform for evaluation of new alternative vehicle technologies.

The world’s largest car sharing service launched another innovative project earlier this spring called FastFleet in Washington D.C. The government operated fleet will within the next three years be reduced by 365 vehicles and maximize the use of its current fleet consisting of 97 percent alternative fuels, including hybrid electric. We have also written about their unorthodox marketing campaigns, but especially like the fact that they are saving the government money and reducing carbon emissions.

Via: gas2.0