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In Fall 2007, the co-op expanded its service into
Cambridge when it added a tenth vehicle to the fleet. As part of the growth into Cambridge, the organization updated its operating name from The People's Car Co-op to Grand River CarShare, to reflect the environmental benefits of carsharing and to
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Community CarShare began in
Waterloo Region on April 1, 1998. It was started by a group of 10 friends who had a car donated to them, but didn't want to deal with the costs of car ownership. The first car was located in the City of Waterloo, near the corner of Bridgeport and Peppler street.
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Hamilton in
September 2009. Expansion to St. Catharines and Guelph in 2013 led to the adoption of the name Community CarShare in order to simplify the use of the name and convey the values of the organization.
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Community CarShare expanded to rural Elmira (population ~8,000 people) north of
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cargo van, Mazda 5 station wagon, and Dodge
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370:"Waterloo region's Community Carshare becomes Vrtucar"
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520:. Regional Municipality of Waterloo. Archived from
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1236:Defunct transport organizations based in Canada
293:. The fleet includes many vehicles such as the
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66:Marc Xuereb, Daryl Novak, and others
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16:Charitable foundation in Ontario
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1221:1998 establishments in Ontario
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412:. University of Guelph.
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1057:Hertz Global Holdings
956:Motorhome hire agency
933:Recreational vehicles
610:Vehicle rental brands
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518:"Community CarShare"
466:. Brampton Guardian.
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1052:Enterprise Holdings
994:Penske Truck Rental
979:Budget Truck Rental
808:Enterprise Car Club
423:Farooqui, Salmaan.
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1103:Community CarShare
793:Communauto/Vrtucar
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643:Auto Europe
528:8 September
488:8 September
452:. CTV News.
379:8 September
1231:Carsharing
1215:Categories
1123:Hertz 24/7
893:Stadtmobil
783:Carzonrent
755:Carsharing
680:Enterprise
670:Carzonrent
617:Car rental
435:2014-06-02
352:References
323:Communauto
203:carsharing
199:non-profit
163:Carsharing
153:Burlington
103:Non-profit
91:2018-03-27
71:Founded at
55:1998-04-01
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1168:Yourdrive
1153:Streetcar
883:Share Now
878:Revv Cars
833:Getaround
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478:"History"
339:AutoShare
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45:Formation
35:Successor
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1113:DriveNow
1088:Bluecity
1083:Autolib'
1009:TR Group
898:Sunfleet
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823:Flexicar
725:National
720:Localiza
685:Europcar
374:CBC News
333:See also
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225:Hamilton
159:Services
149:Brampton
133:Hamilton
118:, Canada
63:Founders
1199:Commons
1163:Whizzgo
1118:Flexcar
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923:Zoomcar
788:Cityhop
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730:Payless
690:Firefly
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210:Ontario
179:Website
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