With more than 35,000 cars in the Green Collection, Hertz guarantees availability at 50 major airpor

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My initial reaction to this headline was obviously one of excitement. Especially after my Cruiser Conundrum. Though after a few paragraphs into the article, I quickly realized I had stumbled upon something that smelled more like a PR job than anything with real substance.
PARK RIDGE, N.J., Sept. 7, 2006 - Hertz is launching a new collection san antonio river hotels of fuel-efficient, environmentally friendly cars, that can be reserved by specific make and model, san antonio river hotels with an EPA highway rating of 28 miles per gallon. The Hertz Green Collection features Toyota Camry, Ford Fusion, Buick LaCrosse and Hyundai Sonata. Most of the Camrys, Fusions and LaCrosses also carry EPA's Smartway certification, indicating lower emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases.
With more than 35,000 cars in the Green Collection, Hertz guarantees availability at 50 major airport locations across the U.S. The Green Collection cars are EPA highway rated at 28 MPG or better, and more than 18,000 of them are also SmartWay certified.
Albeit small, there is a rental car company that only rents fuel-efficient vehicles. san antonio river hotels Calling itself the nation s only environmental rental car company, EV Rental Cars rents only hybrid vehicles and competitively too. ( It should be noted that EV Rental san antonio river hotels Cars is partnered up with a small independent discounter in Los Angeles Fox Rent a Car, Inc. )
So assuming the Toyota Corolla Hertz rents at its Phoenix location will run 25,000 miles before the company retires it, at 32 to 41 mpg this particular vehicle will use up approximately 610 to 781 gallons san antonio river hotels of gas.
Switching this Green collection to vehicles that can deliver the same fuel efficiency san antonio river hotels as the Prius collectively, car-renting consumers could displace between approximately 6.75 million and 10.2 million san antonio river hotels gallons of gas.
But it s that very reason that we re going to start seeing more car rental companies upgrading their fleets to more fuel-efficient hybrid models in the very near future. Just as we continue to see more and more car buyers purchasing hybrids for themselves.
Rental Car company execs aren t stupid. They know the demand for fuel efficiency is real. So much so, even those who want to add more hybrids to their fleets san antonio river hotels can t because supplies are so limited right now.