Would you buy into a Volkswagen EV subscription plan? Twitter poll results

Left to right: Volkswagen ID, ID Buzz and ID Crozz conceptsSeveral automakers are experimenting with electric-car sharing programs as they look to an autonomous future when cars are more about providing rides than being purchased. Volkswagen is going whole hog, launching an electric-only car sharing program in Europe that it also plans to bring to North America and Asia. That led us to wonder if an…
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Audi e-tron, Lucid investment, and electric-car sharing programs: Today's Car News

2019 Audi e-tron quattro, in European trim, at San Francisco launch eventThe Audi e-tron makes its formal debut as the brand’s first mass-market electric car. Lucid Motors secures funding to build a factory for its car. Electric-car car-sharing programs are poised to expand in the U.S. And we ask if readers would sign up for VW’s electric-car subscription plan in a new Twitter poll. All of this and more on Green Car…
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Electric car-sharing programs expanding in U.S.

2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car in Maven car-sharing fleet, Los Angeles [photo: Dan MacMedan foElectric cars and car sharing go naturally together. Both aim to clean up the environment by reducing gasoline consumption. With lower maintenance, electric cars are also easier to maintain for fleets than gas cars. Combined with gas cars, car-sharing fleets can also provide a backup for electric-car owners who want occasional access to a larger…
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