Zip Car Franchise

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Zipcar is a for-profit, membership-based car sharing company providing automobile rental to its members, billable by the hour or day. Zipcar was founded in 2000 by Cambridge, Massachusetts residents Robin Chase and Antje Danielson. On October 2007 Zipcar merged with rival Flexcar.