Streetcar has launched a Streetcar App that allows users across the UK to locate, book and even open a car using their iPhone or iPod touch.

Brett Akker, Streetcar’s co-founder, said: "Our app is so simple to use, it now means people can pass a Streetcar, decide to join and book, open their car and drive it away within minutes, all via their iPhone or iPod touch.”

Alternatively, members can book a car online or over the phone and use remotely activated smartcards to unlock the vehicle. At the end of the journey the car is returned to a dedicated Streetcar parking space.

Launched in April 2004, Streetcar now has cars in more than 950 locations in London, totalling over 1,000 locations in the UK including presences in Brighton, Cambridge, Oxford, Guildford, Maidstone and Southampton, with plans to expand into Bristol and other cities in the UK this year.