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Zipcar uses GPS to locate their cars

Nov 30, 2007 gps navigation

Zipcar is a revolutionary car rental service operating in select big cities in the US, Canada, and the UK. The process is fairly simple, join the club, get your Zipcard, reserve for a few hours or the whole day, hold your card to the door – watch them unlock, and then drive away.

As if all this high tech system isn’t enough, Zipcar just introduced a mobile tracking system to find the car nearest to you. All you have to do is use your GPS enabled phone to locate a car near you, make an instant reservation, drive all you want and return it to a designated parking space.

The rates vary somewhere between $7 to $11 per hour or $65 to $100 per day. Gas and insurance included. Yay… via

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