Zipcar expands Zipvan cargo van service in U.S.

Zipcar expands Zipvan cargo van service in U.S.:
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Here's a reason to get your friends to hurry up when they're helping you move: you're paying for the rental van by the hour. As least, that's how the new Zipvan service from Zipcar operates. Starting at just $15.75 an hour or $109 a day, Zipvan makes carsharing larger vehicles a reasonable option - if you don't dawdle.



Since starting in London last November, Zipvans have been taken on over 12,000 trips in San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Toronto and Washington, D.C. Zipcar announced today that Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Portland and Seattle will also start service as of now, with the rest of Zipcar's metro locations on the horizon. For the rental fee, similar to how standard Zipcar works, you don't have to pay extra for gas, insurance or anything under 180 miles to drive the Ford E-150 full size cargo van that offers over 230 cubic feet of cargo space.



Even though Zipcar uses vehicles from a variety of auto manufacturers, it does have a special relationship with Ford. The largest vehicles you can get using regular Zipcar rates are things like the Ford Escape or Nissan Frontier.
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