bradley emmanuel

The mobility program car2go is taking off. After the car-sharing project was started three years ago in Ulm and was transferred first to the Austin Texas are tightened with Hamburg, Amsterdam and now Vancouver three major cities in recent weeks.

From June 2011 225 Smart Fortwo "edition car2go"are in use in the Canadian metropolis. The first vehicles in the extended downtown area are on loan from Vancouver and eliminated. The rent is the equivalent of 25 cents per minute, 9.23 € per hour and 47 € for a whole day. Fuel, parking fees, insurance, maintenance and cleaning are included already.

After the trial period from June 2010 to March 2011 was completed successfully, the people of Vancouver can now register with car2go. Those registering by the end of May 2011, to save the one-time fee equivalent to 24.90 euros.