The Cleantech Show #032: Sharing Cars for our future - Interview with Monique Conheady, CEO, Flexicar
The Cleantech Show #32 (MP3 - 12MB - 34min)
Interview with Monique Conheady, CEO and Founder, Flexicar
Many of you in major cities are most likely aware of care sharing programs, albeit under potentially different names. Some of you probably fit the demographic just by listening to this show, and may well be participants. Car sharing has been a system that has been around in varying forms for decades. With the advent of modern wireless and internet technology it is becoming far simpler and cost effective, and showing signs of expanding from its cottage industry status. Evidenced by the recent merger of Zipcar and Flexcar in North America.
On this weeks show, I wanted to explore these developments and the car sharing phenomenon more broadly with a one of the car sharing companies in Australia, Flexicar. Our guest on today’s show is Monique Conheady, co-founder and CEO of Flexicar. In our interview, we discuss the growth challenges, as well as where the tipping points to the car sharing industry lie.
If your part of a car sharing scheme you will certainly find this show of interest, and if your not, well tune in, as the next 10 years may invite a new era for intergrated car sharing and intermodal public transportation.
Flexicar was founded as “Flo Carshare” in 2004. They started the car sharing business with the belief that Australia’s inner city residents needed a sustainable, affordable alternative to car ownership. They provide local residents and businesses with driving freedom and flexibility. The Flexicar car sharing service is now available around corner, around the clock.
Prior to establishing Flexicar Monique was an Assistant Director with the Federal Government’s Department of Health and Ageing. She has worked as a project manager globally for Ove Arup & Partners in Melbourne, London, New York and Cairo, and was involved in the development of an ebusiness venture for UK retailer, Sainsbury’s.
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Nick Bruse
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