Category Archives: Press releases

Montreal, May 10th, 2013 – Today, Communauto and the Plateau–Mont-Royal, a central and densely populated borough in Montreal, announced the launch of a pilot project introducing a one-way carsharing fleet of some twenty 100% electric vehicles starting mid-June. The goal of the project is to evaluate the benefits and impacts of such a service. This [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 7, 2013 The CarSharing Association (CSA) comments on Avis acquisition of Zipcar SAN FRANCISCO (January 7, 2013) — The recent Avis Budget Group acquisition of Zipcar is the latest of a number of significant transactions where the large multinationals are buying up smaller carsharing companies. In both North America and Europe, the [...]

The CarSharing Association is pleased to announce the CSA 2012 Conference Program and Registration Form is now online. This year’s program features a line-up chocked full of professional development opportunities, social events and many a casual forum to meet and network with experts, innovators and leaders of the carshare industry worldwide. From Benchmarking to Marketing Planning, [...]

The CarSharing Association’s 2012 Conference will take place this October 1 to 3 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. So save the date, and return here in late August for more information. The annual CSA Conference is where carsharing industry founders and leaders from North and South America, Europe and Australia come together to continue to evolve [...]

Goals Set to Save Members $1 Billion and Electrify Fleet

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — On the occasion of its 10th Anniversary celebration, City CarShare, a Bay Area nonprofit carsharing organization, announced its goal to remove 20,000 cars from our roads by 2020. In the presence of Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, local and state elected officials and nearly 400 members and friends, City CarShare outlined aggressive goals designed to make the Bay Area become a better place to live, work, breathe, and play.

Lord Mayor Clover Moore of the City of Sydney and CSA Executive Tanya Paz   October 19, 2011 – At the annual CarSharing Association (CSA) conference in Montréal, Canada this month, the CSA announced a new award to be presented to a government authority ranked a leader in the development and implementation of carsharing support. [...]

Carsharing organizations from North and South America, Europe and Australia came together to exchange and deliberate on carsharing, its implications, and future development. Guest speakers were invited to discuss how carsharing has meshed into the different transportation means and how it could be further integrated in our day to day lives. To allow you to [...]

Canadian carsharing organizations would like to wish success to the federal election candidates who have opted to carshare during the campaign and to all candidates who promote sustainable transportation. “We’re very pleased that federal candidates and their campaign workers across Canada are using shared cars for this election. Thousands of Canadians already carshare, along with [...]

Washington, DC (January 24, 2011) — Eighteen carsharing organizations from around the world have announced formation of an association that sets the ethical, social and environmental bar for the carsharing industry.