How Car Sharing is Taking Over Berlin

treehugger.com 12 Jul '12, 4pm

How Car Sharing is Taking Over Berlin

Fully Charged /Video screen capture Robert Llewellyn could be forgiven for looking a little nervous as he steps into that Mini. He's not totally sure he's not stealing it. But this is Berlin, where car sharing schemes are commonplace and flexible car club cars are parked on just about every street corner. Earlier this year, Christine Lepisto reported on the launch of Car2go in Berlin , with over 1000 cars being deployed on the city streets and accessible to members through a smartphone app and remote access. But just how well does it work? Excellently, it Robert llewellyn's experiences are anything to go by. Fully Charged /Video screen capture From the freaky, lightweight, windowless Renault Twizy to a Q&A on electric cars with Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn , it's fair to say that Llewellyn can get pretty excited (even geeky) about new automotive technologies. So it is good to s...

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