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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Are You Worried Avis Will Change Zipcar?

The car rental giant will purchase the Cambridge-based car share company for $500 million. Are you worried Avis will change Zipcar for the worse? Or do you think the move make sense?

Car rental giant Avis will buy local car-sharing service Zipcar for $500 million. Avis and Zipcar both said the car sharing company will remain in the area (Zipcar has plans to move from Cambridge to the Boston Seaport), and that the start-up culture remains an important aspect of Zipcar. Zipcar users are famously loyal and protective of their service, which allows users to rent cars for as little as an hour at a time. Zipcar users hold their membership card over a card reader when they pick up a car and drive off. That's a far cry from the time-consuming, paperwork-heavy method of traditional car rental services. Are you a Zipcar user? Are you worried that Avis will ruin the service? Or do you think the marriage of car sharing and …

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Coming Soon: Zipvans Headed for Boston

Zipcar has announced that it's expanding its pilot van rental program from San Francisco to Boston and Washington D.C.

Zipcar is throwing its hat into the van rental ring, and just in time for the college moving rush at the end of the spring semester. The Cambridge-based car sharing company is poised to go head-to-head with U-Haul, Ryder and Penske in Boston as it expands its pilot moving van service from San Francisco to Boston and Washington, according to a press release issued Tuesday. Boston and D.C. will get 15 zipvans each, starting this week, and the rental costs are reported as $15.75 per hour and $109 per day, including gas and insurance. U-Haul charges around $20 per day, plus 59 cents per mile. This is not including gas or insurance. "The strong demand of the Zipvan service in San Francisco has shown us that whether it's a MINI Cooper for a …

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