Ben Findlay
July 17, 2019
JOB DESCRIPTION Job Title: HOURCAR Member Services Specialist Job Status: Full-Time Permanent, Non-Exempt Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Salary: $14.00/hour Benefits: Paid time off, 2% IRA contribution, transit stipend, HSA, health and dental insurance, Life/LTD Reports to: HOURCAR Member Services Manager HOURCAR, the Twin Cities’ oldest and only non-profit […]
Ben Findlay
May 28, 2019
All four of our Subaru HOURCARs now include free Minnesota State Park permits Spring is finally here, and I think we’re all ready to go outside after the long winter. We’re here to help you get some fresh air and soak up some sunshine by putting annual Minnesota State Park permits in all four of our […]
Ben Findlay
March 1, 2019
The last time it snowed this much in February, the Metrodome collapsed. Last week we set a new record for snowiest February in the Twin Cities, which doesn’t feel like something to celebrate, but here we are anyway. Over the last 4 weeks, we’ve survived over 30 inches of snow, 4 declared snow emergencies, the polar vortex with air temperatures of -25°F, and a boring Super Bowl. […]
Ben Findlay
February 15, 2019
Monday is Presidents Day, which seems as good a reason as any to throw a rate sale. We’re cutting hourly rates by 10% all day for those of you who have the day off and all night for those of you who don’t. So go do something presidential like, um, buy a mattress? I hear […]
Ben Findlay
February 13, 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 13, 2019 Contact: Ben Findlay ben.findlay@hourcar.org (651) 400-2300 SAINT PAUL (Feb. 13, 2019) — The City of Saint Paul has been awarded funding to launch a new Twin Cities electric carsharing service by as early as 2020. The Transportation Advisory Board of the Metropolitan Council voted unanimously to approve a […]
Ben Findlay
January 9, 2019
HOURCAR rolling into the new year like… via GIPHY Help cleanse our qi or fix whatever’s going on with our vibe. We’ve had a rough start to 2019 at HOURCAR, what with our office heat going out last week and our phones and internet crashing today. First we checked to see if Mercury is in […]
John Schatz
April 2, 2018
HOURCAR parters with Xcel Energy to plan for 100% electric fleet Through a partnership with Xcel Energy, HOURCAR will begin planning to convert their entire fleet from fuel-based vehicles to a 100% electric fleet and a one-way trip model by 2020. SAINT PAUL, MN, October 24, 2017 – Today, HOURCAR announced that it would partner […]
