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

Formerly	The Co-operative Auto Network
Company type	Cooperative
Industry	Carsharing
Founded	January 1997 (1997-01) in Vancouver, British Columbia
Headquarters	200-470 Granville Street, Vancouver 311-895 Fort Street, Victoria
Area served	Greater Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Gibsons, British Columbia
Website	modo.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 October 2024, Modo's CEO is Sandra Phillips, a renowned shared-mobility expert with previous experience at Car2Go and Evo Carshare. ^[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 2018, Modo, along with Coast Car Co-op, became permanently located at the Langdale Ferry Terminal in Gibson, British Columbia.^[13]
• In August 2023, Modo marked the launch of their 1,000th vehicle - a Hyundai IONIQ 5 EV.^[14]