Big news today in the world of car-sharing: Cambridge, Mass.-based Zipcar and Seattle-based Flexcar will merge. The combined company will be called simply Zipcar, and all Flexcar members will be absorbed into the other company’s base. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has more coverage of the merger. I was surprised to see that “neither [...]
It is now March and I can drive my car again.
Back in December I decided to take the City of Seattle’s One Less Car Challenge. In exchange for $100 worth of Flexcar credit, I agreed to stop driving my car entirely and to instead rely on Flexcar, ride-sharing, car services and mass transit for [...]
“Flexcar 2.0″ launches this Thursday. It is a total revamp of the fee structure from before:
Instead of a flat rate per hour, cars now have “peak” and “off-peak” rates based on their usage to date.
Rentals used to have unlimited mileage, but they will now include 150 miles. Extra miles are 40 cents each.
Plans are no [...]