What is the advantage of the SolarCarShare program verses other ride share programs?
a. First we need to distinguish ride share from car share: in ride sharing you share your own personally owned vehicle with someone else. It may be carefully organized, as in the Mitfahrgelegenheit system in Germany, or a looser system such as neighbors with children at the same school. In a car share, an actual legally constituted organization owns the vehicles and the member books the vehicle for the time required (assuming that it is available). The member pays for the vehicle by the hour and usually by the mile too. The advantage of car sharing is that you book vehicles and have security of mobility, knowing that if a car is available you can book and it will be there for you to do what you need to do. It gives you a high level of flexibility, and also diversity because you can usually book whatever kind of vehicle you actually need. A car share will dramatically reduce your petroleum use and your carbon emissions unless you book the vehicle day and night and drive all the time! Th
