Paris mayor eyes sharing electric cars

PARIS – Parisians and tourists alike so eagerly embraced a citywide bike-sharing scheme launched a year ago that the ambitious mayor is setting his sights on a bigger conveyance. With four wheels. And powered by electricity.

In Bertrand Delanoe’s latest “green” dream, a driver would pick up an electric car at a lot in the Left Bank, snake up the slopes of Montmartre, then drop it off

But cars, even electric, are already proving more divisive than bikes. With the price of gas steadily rising and Paris parking a permanent headache, some drivers are delighted by the new project. Others see it as a step backward, fearing it could mean more traffic and dependence on cars in an already congested city.

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