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Meanwhile, in Paris, the electric car sharing scheme comes to an end: https://www.thelocal.fr/20180619/wheels-set-to-come-off-paris-autolib-electric-cars https
by Theodores 8y ago
Meanwhile, in Paris, the electric car sharing scheme comes to an end:
https://www.thelocal.fr/20180619/wheels-set-to-come-off-paris-autolib-electric-cars https://www.thelocal.fr/20180619/wheels-set-to-come-off-pari...
There are many factors for why this is so, not making money being the problem. This is a story that investors in today's EV 'sharing' companies may find prescient.
- gridspy 8y agoSounds like trusting fellow users is a major factor " "They are full of cigarettes, lighters, bottles, bags with rubbish. People take drugs in the cars." François, an Autolib employee in Paris told France Info. One Paris resident told The Local how he and neighbours successfully persuaded authorities to close their local Autolib station. "We were sick and tired of the vehicles becoming a temporary home for drug addicts of all kinds , vagrants and toxico-tourists that roam the night in search of a place . "There were piles of junk food , discarded bottles , cigarette butts , and yes ….. used condoms all over the pavement – this is not what you want to step across as you take the kids to school in the morning. "