How Wireless Internet is Transforming the Green Transportation Industry

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:23:21 +0000

We’ve all come to understand how essential wireless internet is when at work, for checking email, and keeping up with friends on Facebook. But, what about driving a car? As oil supplies dwindle and environmental efficiency becomes an increasingly important topic, many car-sharing companies are emerging. One of the better known of these businesses is Zipcar. When you become a member of Zipcar you can reserve a car of your choice from a location of your choice at the time you need it. You then simply unlock the car, drive it as you need and return it when you’re done. This system is environmentally friendly because it reduces the amount of cars on the road, the amount of miles each person is driving, and many of the vehicles are hybrid cars.So where does wireless come in? After joining on zipcar.com, you can make a reservation months in advance or only a few minutes. When making a last minute reservation the Zipcar iPhone App can be extremely useful. No matter where you are you can reserve a car as needed. But don’t despair, if you don’t have an iPhone, many other smartphones can make mobile reservations using a GPS app called WHERE. Even better, if you would like to extend your reservation and the car is available this can all be done on your smartphone with wireless capability. Reservations and extensions can also be done on zipcar.com.Zipcar also makes use of wireless throughout the use of the car. Radio frequency identification (RFID) is used for locking and unlocking the car. A Zipcar user simply scans her card against the card reader in the car’s windshield, which recognizes the reservation and unlocks the car. At the end of the trip, after locking the vehicle, details from the trip can be viewed at zipcar.com.Zipcar is an easy, Eco-friendly way of getting you where you want to go, and wireless internet is making it a system bound for success.

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How Wireless Internet is Transforming the Green Transportation Industry