Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Car2go Smart started with 300 in Hamburg

300 Smart Fortwo is car-sharing project Car2go "Daimler launched today in Hamburg. The operational area extends to 65 square kilometers, first within the "Ring 2". Advance have already registered more than 1,000 citizens for the mobility concept. You can now driving off from anywhere, anytime in just one of the vehicles.

The operating company is a joint venture between Daimler and car rental Europcar, the Car2go gives customers special rates. If the demand is a further expansion of the fleet is being considered. The same applies to the business district, the first includes the extended downtown area. Spontaneously and without reservation registered customers can then access the vehicle and park it at the rental on any public parking with unlimited parking time, including disk-managed park and subject areas.

Parking meters and the blue parking disc can be ignored: The parking fees are included in the rent, Auderdem, the Car2go Hamburg GmbH, a total of 116 exclusive, marked parking spaces in four selected car parks (including the main train station and in Bleichenhof) and eight shell petrol stations available, the use of also included in the ticket price.

The rental in Hamburg is 29 cents per minute and a maximum of € 14.90 per hour. There will always automatically better fare is charged. This all-inclusive price includes fuel, insurance, mileage, taxes and parking fees. Registration costs only 29 €, then fall is no deposit or minimum sales, monthly or annual fee - just the pure life is paid.

Registration is in the shop at Car2go Jungfernstieg 50, in six Hamburg Europcar stations and the Internet (www. car2go-hamburg. Com) is possible. Only for affixing the seal-Car2go on the license than to the customer the shop or one of the selected Europcarstützpunkte. Used the new Smart Fortwo will be "Car2go Edition".

The world's first mass-produced factory car sharing car is equipped with a fuel-efficient gasoline engine, start-stop system, a newly developed generation of telematic and a solar roof. The core is the new central control unit with a large 6.5-inch touch-sensitive screen. In it, find the car keys and smart cards, for example, for filling their place.

The telematics unit is networked with the vehicle electronics and controls, depending on the rental process including the immobilizer. The solar roof, also a standard supplied with a power of 100 watts of electricity and Telematics also continuously loads the battery. During the journey can thus decouples the alternator completely and the fuel consumption can be reduced substantially.

If the vehicle is parked in the sun, the solar power runs the ventilation of the car. The interior temperature can be lowered significantly. In addition to Hamburg Car2go it is already in the two pilot cities of Ulm and Austin, Texas. In Ulm was time for the two-year existence of public firms, especially the 500-000th Car2go hiring celebrated.

On average, four to eight times a day, the vehicles are used there. A brand that will be exceeded in Hamburg especially by the higher customer density. More than 35 000 customers use the 600 vehicles so far in Ulm and Austin. Due to strong customer demand has been started there three weeks ago to increase the number of vehicles.

With the launch in Hamburg Car2go been set to 900-Smart travel the world. This year, moreover, come in other cities in Europe and North America. (Ampnet / jri)

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