Car2go rolled out an updated app today that includes a new “radar” feature that alerts you when a car2go is available in a specific area. Turn the radar “on” by pressing the little radar button in the bottom righthand corner of the map-screen, and it automatically uses your current position. You can also set a different position by simply pressing and holding that location with your finger. By default, the radar sweeps an area of about 1,300 feet for about two hours, and when a car2go appears, it makes a noise and posts an alert on your screen.
This is an improvement over the current situation in car2go-starved locations where you’d simply open and close the app every 2.5 minutes to see a car had shown up. If the two hours or 1,300 feet seems extreme to you, you can adjust those settings through the app’s — you guessed it — Settings button. To get there, press the little 4-square dashboard icon at the bottom-right of the app.
Thanks for the timely explanation, Michael. Both the Play Store and app were incredibly unhelpful on how to discover the feature and use it.
Yeah, I spent some time trying to figure out how to make it go myself this morning, so that seemed like the first thing to mention. :)