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Car Sharing Programs Have Taken 500,000 Cars off U.S. Roads, Report Says

Car Sharing Programs Have Taken 500,000 Cars off U.S. Roads, Report Says

written by Yale Environment 360

The rapid growth of car-sharing programs has cut the number of vehicles on U.S. roads by more than half a million, according to new research by Alix Partners, a consultancy group with clients in the automotive industry.

The trend will continue beyond 2020, the group projects, at which point 4 million people will be participating in car-sharing programs and 1.2 million fewer cars will be on the road. Of the 10 cities surveyed, residents of Boston, home of the Zipcar company, were most aware of car-sharing programs.

Young people and, surprisingly, households with children were least likely to own their own cars, the survey said. Roughly half of the people who had tried car-sharing had already decided not to purchase or lease their own car, and did not plan to do so in the future. Rather than environmental concerns, nearly 60 percent of interviewees said cost and convenience led them to participate in car-sharing.

Article appearing courtesy Yale Environment 360.



March 8, 2014 0 comment
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Driven by State Incentives, Electric Cars Top Norwegian Vehicle Purchases

written by Yale Environment 360

Norwegians have been snapping up electric cars: In the last three months of 2013, the Tesla Model S and Nissan Leaf outsold all other cars, including conventionally fueled models. But rather than environmental concerns, a host of government incentives — totaling an estimated $8,300 per vehicle — are largely driving the boom, the

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January 30, 2014 0 comment
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Finding Morality in Energy Efficiency

written by CleanTechies.com Contributor

A recent Harris Interactive poll conducted among Fortune 1000 companies found that nearly 90 percent of Fortune 1000 senior executives feel a moral responsibility to make their companies more energy efficient. According to the study, respondents felt it was their moral responsibility to cut energy use, beyond the ethical imperative to follow regulatory

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