Comments on: Zipcar CEO: Why We're Not Going Electric Anytime Soon

By: Why Green Car Makers Need to Find Mobile Partners

Why Green Car Makers Need to Find Mobile Partners — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:14:19 +0000

[...] of car sharing provider Zipcar (which filed this week to raise up to $75 million in an IPO), told us in an interview last year. He said at the time that designing cars to function more like smartphones — with GPS, an [...]

By: Not Just for the Volt: Ford, GM Grab Google Maps for Your Car

Not Just for the Volt: Ford, GM Grab Google Maps for Your Car — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:34:34 +0000

[...] Scott Griffith, the CEO and Chairman of car sharing provider Zipcar, told us in an interview last year, “Electric cars by nature have to be connected cars.” So these recent developments are part of [...]

By: Zipcar Snaps Up UK Car Sharing Network Streetcar

Zipcar Snaps Up UK Car Sharing Network Streetcar — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:22:53 +0000

[...] don’t expect Zipcar to switch the bulk of the fleet over to plug-ins anytime soon. Griffith has told us that more vehicle software and data (among other things) will be needed in order to get there. [...]

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Earth2Tech’s Top 15 Connected Car Influencers — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:02:42 +0000

[...] has told us that while the company doesn’t plan to go all-electric anytime soon, he sees Zipcar as “a [...]

By: CHEAT SHEET: How Green Are City Car-Sharing Networks? « Energy Portfolio Managers Blog

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:10:48 +0000

[...] “EV Pod” launched in July, starting with a fleet of 20 hybrids and two plug-ins (an all-electric Citroen c1 and a plug-in [...]

By: CHEAT SHEET: How Green Are City Car Sharing Networks?

CHEAT SHEET: How Green Are City Car Sharing Networks? — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:58:20 +0000

[...] “EV Pod” launched in July, starting with a fleet of 20 hybrids and two plug-ins (an all-electric Citroen c1 and a plug-in [...]

By: mattM

mattM — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:57:17 +0000

Zipcar is not the cutting edge company that it once was. Griffith says it will take many many years for ev's to become mainstream, as traditional car manufacturers are shutting down, and the survivors like Nissan are retooling entire factories for electric cars. Time for Zipcar to step aside like Dell, and let a new innovator take over.

By: Smartphones: the Ultimate Model for Green Cars?

Smartphones: the Ultimate Model for Green Cars? — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:01:37 +0000

[...] mass market and onto the grid since, as Griffith put it (and we’ve explained here), “Electric cars by nature have to be connected cars.” Of course, smartphone-inspired connected cars would also be a boon for car-sharing networks [...]

By: Josie Garthwaite

Josie Garthwaite — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:03:36 +0000

@Roger - Zipcar installs charge points at the spots where it keeps plug-in cars -- enough for the less than 25-mile and 4-hour trips that they're used for 95 percent of the time. Not enough to keep me from being nervous about renting an all-electric Zipcar for a long road trip, though.

What kind of support would you like to see from the government? Are you thinking federal, state or local level incentives?

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:53:05 +0000

I do not know what kind of government support this operation gets, if any, but it may be a good idea for the government to push a few bucks into this to help them go more electric.

You can't expect a company like this to take the brunt of going electric without help. Anyway, are there sufficient charge points for all those EVs?