Modo (car co-op)

Modo is a member-owned carshare operator in British Columbia. It was incorporated in 1997, making it the oldest car-sharing organization in the area, the first carshare co-op in North America[1] and the first carshare in the English-speaking world.[2] Modo amalgamated with the Victoria Carshare Co-op in 2015 and now serves 25 municipalities in the Lower Mainland and Greater Victoria.

Modo
FormerlyThe Co-operative Auto Network
TypeCooperative
IndustryCarsharing
FoundedJanuary 1997 (1997-01) in Vancouver, British Columbia
Headquarters200-470 Granville Street, Vancouver
311-895 Fort Street, Victoria
Area served
Greater Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Gibsons, British Columbia
Websitemodo.coop

As of 2023, Modo had over 30,000 individual and business members and a fleet of approximately 1000 vehicles, including cars, trucks, SUVs, passenger and cargo vans, hybrids, battery electric vehicles[3] and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.[4] Modo has vehicles across British Columbia, including Vancouver, UBC, Richmond, Surrey, New Westminster, Burnaby, North Vancouver, Coquitlam, Port Moody, Victoria, Oak Bay, Esquimalt and Saanich,[5][6] and at the Horseshoe Bay, Tsawwassen, Langdale and Swartz Bay ferry terminals.

Modo offers two-way, roundtrip carsharing. Each of its vehicles has a designated parking space, with cars picked up and dropped off at the same location.

History
  • In October 2014, Victoria Car Share was merged into Modo.[7] Then in June 2018, Modo acquired the Okanagan Car Share Co-op in Kelowna.[8]
  • Since July 2016, Modo's CEO is Patrick Nangle, a former Purolator executive.[9]
  • In June 2017, Modo entered into a partnership with TransLink to provide vehicles for the transit authority's Vanpool pilot project.[10] [11]
  • In July 2018, Modo began allowing drivers with learner's licenses to use its fleet of vehicles, making it the first carshare in North America to do so.[12]
  • In August 2023, Modo marked the launch of their 1,000th vehicle - a Hyundai IONIQ 5 EV. [14]

References
  1. Trevor Jansen. "Modo: The New Face of Vancouver's First Car Co-op". BC Living. Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved September 30, 2013.
  2. Ted Laturnus (May 24, 2011). "Car-sharing organizations make car ownership unnecessary". Georgia Straight. Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
  3. "CEO Update – September 2023". Modo. September 7, 2023. Archived from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  4. Heyman, Dan (March 18, 2019). "Hyundai partnering with MODO car share to offer fuel-cell technology". Autotrader.ca. Archived from the original on May 17, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  5. Murray, Nick (May 30, 2019). "Hit the road with new car-share service in Central Saanich". Oak Bay News. Black Press. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  6. Cleverley, Bill (March 17, 2019). "Central Saanich gears up to bring car-sharing to community". Times Colonist. Glacier Media. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  7. Hyslop, Lucy (October 1, 2014). "Modo and Victoria Car Share to merge". BC Business. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  8. "Kelowna's OGO Car Share Co-op joins Modo". Kelowna Now. June 1, 2018. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  9. "Ex-Purolator CEO Patrick Nangle takes the wheel at Modo car-share". Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  10. Chan, Kenneth (June 7, 2019). "TransLink sees initial success with new carpool program". Daily Hive Vancouver. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
  11. "TransLink, Seaspan vanpool pilot scrapped after no one signed up". Archived from the original on 2021-11-28. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
  12. Crawford, Robyn; Little, Simon (July 5, 2018). "Vancouver carshare co-op to permit 'L' and 'N' drivers behind the wheel". CKNW. Corus Entertainment. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019 – via Global News.
  13. "Modo and Coast Car Co-op collaborate to bring shared vehicles to Langdale". Modo Car Co-op. November 13, 2019. Archived from the original on November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  14. "CEO Update – September 2023". Modo. September 7, 2023. Archived from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
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