Archive for the ‘If Products Could Tell Their Stories’ Category

Every Zipcar Takes 15-20 privately owned cars off the road?

Monday, April 12th, 2010

As part of my research on Zipcar  I called the company and was even asked to send my questions in via email; but still got nothing back. I had a few questions I wanted to ask but the main one is about their claim that “every Zipcar takes 15-20 privately-owned cars off the road.” No problem… instead I decided to post the question on LinkedIn Q&A. (more…)

Zipcar and beginnings of LCA

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

This week we were asked to assume that we worked for a newly formed company that seeks to provide products and services that improve human life, and the environment and that we would be reviewing a number of potential products to offer, including the products we’ve chosen… in this case Zipcar. (more…)

Zipcar… continued

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

This week we were asked to continue our research into our chosen product/service, including focus on project origin, where product or service started and other findings.

As of 25 December 2009, Zipcar’s worldwide fleet consists of roughly 70 distinct models from auto Audi, BMW, Citroen, Ford, Honda, Kia, Mazda, MINI Cooper, Nissan, Pontiac, Scion, Smart, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo. Each vehicle has a home location: a reserved parking space located on a street, driveway, or neighborhood parking lot in the member’s area. My review of Zipcar and car sharing services continues:

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