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Springwise in July 7th 2011
Hotels and car-sharing are a natural fit, as we've already seen in Zipcar's partnership with AKA. Whereas Zipcar's effort targets extended-stay residents, however, GreenCar Hawaii aims to g ...
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Green car-sharing by the hour at Hawaii hotelsPosted by
Springwise in July 5th 2011
Enabling customers to make the most of their time while their car is being serviced, independent Porsche dealership Autofarm recently began offering a complimentary travel service to and fr ...
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Porsche dealership drives customers to outlet mall for shopping while they waitPosted by
Springwise in June 30th 2011
Sellsumers can already earn cash in exchange for wrapping their cars in ads via sites like Australian cashURwheels, but recently we came across an example in Singapore that offers a slight ...
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Carvertising campaign rewards drivers with gasPosted by
Springwise in June 25th 2011
Where Luscious Garage helps keep green vehicles operating smoothly on the road, Green Garage focuses on helping vehicles on the road be more green.
Launched earlier this year, Colorado-bas ...
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Mobile garage makes any car greenerPosted by
Springwise in June 17th 2011
The internet may have already brought new transparency, accountability and ease to myriad aspects of consumers' lives, but auto repair is not typically among them. Aiming to provide an alte ...
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Site enables online bidding for cosmetic auto repairsPosted by
Springwise in June 15th 2011
The concept of the pop-up drive-in movie is not brand-new—we covered a California-based effort back in 2006, after all—but we're pretty sure the involvement of a major car brand has not ...
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Volvo supplies cars for new London drive-inPosted by
Springwise in June 15th 2011
Last year we saw a UK Volvo dealership offer bicycles as loaner vehicles when customers' cars are in for service, and recently one of our spotters alerted us to something similar in Spain. ...
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Springwise in May 26th 2011
While national automobile associations have been branching out into other areas—from credit cards to car rental—the primary reason drivers sign up is for emergency roadside assistance. ...
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Dutch automobile association touring France in shop on wheelsPosted by
Springwise in May 14th 2011
Regular Springwise readers may recall Brightstorm, the company we covered back in 2008 that offers an online video network designed to help teens prepare for college. Aiming to update driv ...
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High-tech drivers ed for digitally savvy teensPosted by
Springwise in May 3rd 2011
Insurance companies, courts and lawyers all require detailed depictions of traffic accidents to successfully resolve claims for compensation. Currently in public beta, AccidentSketch is a ...
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Online tool for sketching road accidentsPosted by
Springwise in May 2nd 2011
Now that Starbucks has turned to the crowds for help redesigning its paper coffee cups and Pepsi has asked for guidance on its community giving, it seems only natural that Volkswagen shoul ...
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Volkswagen crowdsources apps for in-car info & entertainmentPosted by
Springwise in April 29th 2011
If there was any doubt that peer-to-peer car-sharing is an idea whose time has come, surely those fears can now be put to rest. After reporting on the emergence of such services in the Uni ...
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More P2P car-sharing, now in LondonPosted by
Springwise in April 21st 2011
When we wrote about Fiat's ecoDrive software back in 2008, we noted that it would be even more helpful to offer fuel-efficiency feedback in real time, rather than on a PC after the fact. N ...
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In-car ‘coach’ helps Ford drivers save fuelPosted by
Springwise in May 11th 2010
It's no secret that vehicles are an excellent medium for advertising, as evidenced by all the carvertising initiatives we've seen in recent years. Now targeting small business owners, Ford ...
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