Modo (car co-op)
| Cooperative | |
| Industry | Carsharing |
| Founded |
January 1997 Vancouver, BC |
| Headquarters | Metro Vancouver |
| Services | Carsharing |
| Website | modo.coop |
Modo The Car Co-op is a Metro Vancouver carsharing co-operative. It was incorporated in 1997, making it the oldest carsharing organization in the area, first carshare co-op in North America[1] and the first carshare in the English-speaking world.[2]
As of 2015, the member-owned not-for-profit carshare has more than 13,000 members with 400 vehicles in more than 250 locations across Metro Vancouver, including Vancouver, Richmond, UBC, Surrey, New Westminster, Burnaby, North Vancouver, Coquitlam and Port Moody. Vehicles include hybrids, minivans, pickup trucks, cargo vans and conventional sedans; 11% of Modo's fleet is hybrid or fully electric.[3] Vehicles can be booked for immediate use or up to a year in advance, for as short as 1 hour or as long as 30 days.[2]
Members each have a fob that will open the vehicle they have reserved at the time they have reserved it.
Other carshares in the region include Zipcar and car2go, the latter of which is not actually a "carshare" as defined by the worldwide CarSharing Association. Modo is a two-way carshare, meaning the vehicle must be returned to its home location at the end of a booking so that the next member can pick it up at the time of their booking.
Since April 2014, the CEO is the French businesswoman Nathalie Baudoin.
References
- ↑ Trevor Jansen. "Modo: The New Face of Vancouver's First Car Co-op". BC Living. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
- 1 2 Ted Laturnus (2011-05-24). "Car-sharing organizations make car ownership unnecessary". Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2012-10-02.
- ↑ ""Vancity and Modo are electric"".