Cummunauto launches new electric car-sharing service in Montreal

Cummunauto auto-mobile electric car sharing in Montreal
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Cummunauto (the name is a french pun that means something close to "common car") is a large car-sharing service that operates in 4 cities in the province of Quebec in Canada, with 27,000 users and a fleet of approximately 1300 vehicles. They've just launched a new pilot project all-electric service in Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal that will start with about 20 electric Nissan LEAFs and track people's usage and, presumably, determine if an expansion of the service makes sense.


Electric cars are particularly clean in Quebec because close to 100% of the province's electricity comes from hydro (while big hydro isn't perfect, it beats coal for sure...).

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Here a video (in french) produced by Communauto to explain to its members how to use the electric cars now in its fleet:

Via Cummunauto

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Tags: Canada | Electric Cars | Electric Vehicles | Montreal