Electric car sharing

Streetcar, the UK’s largest pay-as-you-go-car-sharing-club, has announced that it will offer members a specially adapted Toyota Prius. It can be expected that this is a success, since members of a car-sharing-club in general care about the environment. While a trial at first, Streetcar has announced to increas the number of electric cars if demand will rise. The idea of a car-sharing-club going electric for small distances in the city seems so simple to me that in my opinion it is bound to be a success. Because this way you can have the best of both worlds: an electric car for small distances and a conventionally powered car for larger distances. And at rates from 5,95 pounds per hour you can’t call it expensive…

Source: Gas2.0

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About Willem

Willem Boersma was trained as a chemical engineer, works in software development and is interested in new technologies. He believes that the Dow Jones saw three periods of more or less continuous rise in the 20th century. From 1900-1920 because of developments in transportation. From 1945-1965 because of developments in productivity. And from 1985-2000 because of developments in information technology. He is convinced that the next rise will start somewhere around 2015 and will be due to developments in sustainable technology. Until that happens, he is looking for evidence of the opposite.
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