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Indianapolis plans largest electric carshare in U.S.

June 15, 2013 /

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Autolib, the all-electric carsharing service in Paris, has 1,700 electric cars, 4,200 charging stations, and 37,000 members. Now Bolloré Group, the French company behind Autolib, wants to replicate the successful carsharing program in the United States.

Bolloré Group announced this week that it plans to invest $35 million to launch an all-electric carsharing service in Indianapolis starting next year. The proposed system will have 500 electric vehicles and 1,200 charging stations at 200 locations. According to Bolloré Group, the system, when complete, will be the largest electric carsharing program in the United States.

By Tyler Falk

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