Zipcar
Have you ever seen someone swipe a key to get into a car that is parked on the side of the street? Well, if you have, you may have noticed a little symbol on the side of the car. It is called a Zipcar.
Similar to a rental car, a Zipcar is a car that you can rent on a daily or hourly basis, if you are a member of this carsharing company. Zipcar, a for-profit, membership-based company, was founded in 1999 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by residents Robin Chase and Antje Danielson. They had seen the idea of this business while...

