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Car Sharing Firms to Merge

Zipcar and Flexcar to merge into 50-city, 5,000 car network

By Lucas Laursen,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 31, 2007 5:26 AM CDT

(Newser) – Car-sharing firms Zipcar and Flexcar will merge this week under the Zipcar brand, which has the largest network of the two. The firms, both 7 years old, rent cars by the hour, rolling gas, insurance, parking, and maintenance costs into a $7-$15 hourly rate and...   Read full story »

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