The White Car Luud Schimmelpennink

in mid-1960s, schimmelpennink started work on concept, witkar. designed environmentally friendly, non-polluting, safe, low speed city transport, witkar small three-wheeled electric shared car. car white, name meaning white car in dutch. initiative 1 of first working carshare projects in world using specially developed technology , formal carshare operational program. witkar available on subscription basis certified members of otherwise open public subscriber group. witkar cooperative opened users on 24 may 1968, , while failed political support needed become full scale, permanent part of city’s transport landscape, continued offer service members until on october 27, 1986 when decided witkar-association dissolve itself.