18th Oct - New Electric Vehicle sharing service from Orix Auto and Nihon Unisys

Coat-tailing on the twin trends of shared rental cars and  electric vehicles (EV) going mainstream, Orix Auto and Nihon Unisys have formed a group to start an EV car sharing service in Osaka. The new service will start with 12 Nissan Leaf cars this year, and expand to at least 50 units by 2013. Rental rates have not yet been decided, but in other areas where car-sharing is popular, the rates typically run around JPY6,000/month.