BlueCar car-sharing affiliate will debut in Indianapolis early next year
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05-21-2014, 01:10 PM
BlueCar car-sharing affiliate will debut in Indianapolis early next year
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Start your engines. Quietly. France's Bollore Group is putting a green spin on Indianapolis's motor-racing tradition by making official its planned debut of its all-electric car-sharing service in the US. It will be called, naturally, BlueIndy.
Bollore, which is headed by French billionaire Vincent Bollore, said this week that the largest all-electric car-sharing service in the US will debut in Indianapolis as soon as early 2015. As many as 500 EVs and 1,000 charging stations at about 200 service stations will be deployed in Indianapolis, where mayor Greg Ballard continues to champion advanced-powertrain transportation options as a way to cut foreign oil dependency.
Bollore said last year that Indianapolis would be the first US city to host its electric car-sharing service and estimated this week that it will sink about $35 million into the project. Autolib started operating in Paris in the fall of 2011 in Paris, charging customers between $6 and $11 per half-hour in addition to a $200 annual membership fee. The going hasn't always been smooth.
In 2012, Bollore received a loan of about $100 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to expand its car-sharing services and now operates divisions such as Lyon's Bluely and Bordeaux's Blueclub (we're detecting a theme) in addition to Autolib. Almost 3,000 Bluecars have been deployed throughout France. Check out Bollore's press release below.Continue reading BlueCar car-sharing affiliate will debut in Indianapolis early next year
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Start your engines. Quietly. France's Bollore Group is putting a green spin on Indianapolis's motor-racing tradition by making official its planned debut of its all-electric car-sharing service in the US. It will be called, naturally, BlueIndy.
Bollore, which is headed by French billionaire Vincent Bollore, said this week that the largest all-electric car-sharing service in the US will debut in Indianapolis as soon as early 2015. As many as 500 EVs and 1,000 charging stations at about 200 service stations will be deployed in Indianapolis, where mayor Greg Ballard continues to champion advanced-powertrain transportation options as a way to cut foreign oil dependency.
Bollore said last year that Indianapolis would be the first US city to host its electric car-sharing service and estimated this week that it will sink about $35 million into the project. Autolib started operating in Paris in the fall of 2011 in Paris, charging customers between $6 and $11 per half-hour in addition to a $200 annual membership fee. The going hasn't always been smooth.
In 2012, Bollore received a loan of about $100 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to expand its car-sharing services and now operates divisions such as Lyon's Bluely and Bordeaux's Blueclub (we're detecting a theme) in addition to Autolib. Almost 3,000 Bluecars have been deployed throughout France. Check out Bollore's press release below.Continue reading BlueCar car-sharing affiliate will debut in Indianapolis early next year
BlueCar car-sharing affiliate will debut in Indianapolis early next year originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Wed, 21 May 2014 16:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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