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Millman said he's not sure if Zipcar's losses so far are a concern.

If I determine a route is too far or dangerous for a bicycle, I rent an hourly hybrid Zipcar which includes gas and insurance coverage.

I think it's the latter, and that's what ZipCar is trying to do.

Still, Zipcar has never been profitable since it was founded in 2000.

Scott Griffith, Zipcar's chief executive, says his company typically assigns 100 cars to a city before cranking up a marketing campaign.

But the total cost of utilizing a ZipCar is already ridiculously low compared to the cost of owning a car.

General Electric's vehicle fleet financing arm recently advanced $23m in lease funds to help Zipcar enter new markets.

Researchers say ShareKey could be used for offices, homes or Zipcar. Just make sure to keep your phone under lock and key.

In Zipcar's case, it starts with informing customers of the service and then signing them up, with multiple stages flowing out from there.

Zipcar says it has pinpointed more than 100 metro areas worldwide and hundreds more colleges as attractive markets.

It says surveys of its customers indicate about a third would have kept their car or purchased one if they could not use Zipcar.

They praise Zipcar's technological savvy and its plans for overseas expansion.

So without these wireless technologies, this as a concept could never happen.

For Zipcar, the experience begins on the website for both prospective and existing customers.

Zipcar is the largest car-sharing company in the U. S. , having started in 2000.

Unlike ZipCar, which provides a similar service, Getaround users can make money by sharing their cars (some have made up to $10, 000. ).

Zipcar stresses its contribution to saving the environment.

It required that it was completely trivial, that it takes 30 seconds to rent -- to reserve a car, go get it, drive it.

So ZipCar is a company that I founded seven years ago, but it's an example of something called carsharing.

How does it feel to be a person using a ZipCar?

Zipcar, based in Cambridge, Mass. , is a giant among U. S. car-sharing programs, operating in 14 cities.

They could only use their Zipcar membership when absolutely necessary.

Zipcar says each of its cars replaces 15 privately owned vehicles and 40% of its members decide to give up owning a car.

Zipcar's smaller rivals also recently formed an alliance called The CarSharing Association.

Zipcar, an American firm, has 400, 000 members who pay an annual fee and can then rent cars by the hour.

Chase is also co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar.

Unlike a car-rental program, Zipcar doesn't require customers to visit a store to pick up keys.

And the last point I want to make is, ZipCar would never be possible without technology.

Zipcar already has 400, 000 members, mostly in America where it is thought to have 80% of the market.

The social result is that today's ZipCar has 100, 000 members driving 3, 000 cars parked in 3, 000 parking spaces.

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