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awards

2008


Fast Company

Names Zipcar as reader's favorite

Copernican Award

Zipcar honored for putting customers at center of its business

Inc. Magazine

INC 500 - Honors Zipcar as one of the top 500 fastest growing companies

101

Chicago's Best and Brightest Companies to work for: honored Zipcar as one of the best small businesses to work for in the city of Chicago


2007


Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Honors CEO, Scott Griffith, as finalist

Fast Company

Names Zipcar as reader's favorite

City of Boston Business Green Award

Honors Zipcar as green business


2006


BusinessWeek

Honors CEO, Scott Griffith as one of the "Best Leaders of the Year"

Babson College

Honors CEO, Scott Griffith, with "Entrepreneurship in Technology Excellence (ELiTE)" Award

Altwheels

"Best Smart-Use Application" Award

TIME Magazine

Named one of the "50 Coolest Websites"

Computerworld

Honors Program Leadership Award, winner in the transportation category


2005


Business Week

"Web Smart 50" for Customer Service Excellence

Mobile Enterprise Alliance (MEA) Mobile Impact™ Awards

Award for Extended Enterprise Computing And Connectivity

AltWheels Transportation Festival

Award for Concept Most Likely to Reduce Transportation Emissions

City of Cambridge Go Green Awards

Transportation Award Winner

Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce

Small Business of the Year (SBOY) Award for Business Excellence

Ernst and Young

Entrepreneur of The Year Award Finalist


2004


Dell/National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)

Small Business Excellence in Customer Service Award, top 10 finalist


2003


Governor Mitt Romney and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Governor's Entrepreneurial Spirit Award

AltWheels Transportation Festival

Award for Alternative Transportation Innovation

Cambridge First Day Award

For Extraordinary Commitment to the Environment

United States Department of Energy

Clean Cities Program Award


2002


Fast Company Magazine

Fast 50 Champions of Innovation (#31)

EPA New England

Environmental Merit Award

The Smaller Business Association of New England, Inc. (SBANE)

New England Innovation Award, Winner


2001


Boston Chamber of Commerce

Pinnacle Award, finalist

Cambridge Chamber of Commerce

Small Business of the Year

CIO Magazine

CIO 100 Hottest Technology Ideas

Earth Share of New England

Environmental Friend of New England

Fortune Small Business Magazine

100 Hottest Ideas List

Info World Magazine

2001 Top 100 (#34)

Massachusetts Interactive Media Council (MIMC)

Best of New England, finalist

Women's Business Hall of Fame

2001 Start-Up of the Year

did you know?

  • Every Zipcar in our fleet of thousands has its own unique name.
  • It took 2 years to get the first 1,000 Zipcar members. Today it takes a few days.
  • Zipcar's 2002 fleet included 5 electric cars.
  • Every Zipcar takes 15-20 privately-owned cars off the road.
  • Zipcar's lineup includes more than 50 makes and models.
  • You can fit 33,000 IKEA meatballs in a MINI (yes, we tried once).