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Amsterdam to launch large scale electric car sharing program

The electric car2go program is going to start operations in Amsterdam before end of 2011 with 300 smart fortwo electric drive vehicles. All cars will be equipped with latest telematics technology, allowing fully automated, easy and convenient rental operations. Car2go will allow customers to rent the cars spontaneously without having the burden to commit to a specific return time or location.
The car2go program is already very successful in Ulm/Germany and Austin/Texas with a total of more than 35.000 members. In Hamburg, the car2go program was made available to the public with 300 vehicles last week.
Around 300 electric charging stations are expected to be installed by end of 2011 for public use, increasing to 1000 by end of 2012.
“car2go is aiming to complement the existing transport systems by providing a service for short and spontaneous one-way trips. We see ourselves not as a competition to other means of transport, but as another puzzle piece in the mix of Amsterdam’s different means of urban transportation,” says Robert Henrich, CEO of car2go GmbH.

www.car2go.com

Published 26.04.2011

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