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Electric Car Rental In Paris

Electric cars do not pollute as do internal combustion vehicles. The relative problem is one of frequent charging and limited distances. Pay-as-you-drive electric car rentals are expected to help cut pollution and reduce traffic in Paris, as the new fleet of fully electric Autiolib vehicles hits the French capital. As of

12/07/2011 0 comment

Clean Transportation

Electric Cars to Debut in Paris in December

written by Walter Wang

Paris, which has already a four-year-old bicycle-sharing program, Vêlib, will soon be home to approximately 3,000-shared electric cars. The car project, known as Autolib, is due to be introduced by December of this year and is financed by Bolloré SA, one of the companies owned by bold entrepreneur,

05/24/2011 0 comment

Clean Transportation

Paris Calls for Bids to Run Electric Car Hire Scheme

written by Walter Wang

PARIS (Reuters) – The Paris city hall and local authorities in several surrounding districts on Thursday called for bids to run a self-service electric car hire scheme modeled on the “Velib” bike rental system.

The “Autolib,” which is scheduled to start in September 2011, would consist of 3,000 vehicles at 1,000 rental sites in Paris and neighboring communes, the city’s town hall said on its website.

Four thousand battery-charging stations are also planned.

A candidate to run the Autolib service will be chosen by the end of next year. The Velib scheme is run by JCDecaux.

12/11/2009 1 comment