Tuesday, August 17, 2010

All-Electric Rental Cars

Karen Triggiani gave me this story about a new trend in rental cars.

Green enthusiasts will love this.

As early as January, electric cars will be available at the nation's two largest auto rental companies.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car, North America's largest car rental firm, unveiled plans last week to offer about 500 Nissan Leaf all-electric cars, initially at dealerships in Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland and Seattle.

This came a few months after Hertz, the world's largest car rental company, said it planned to offer Leafs at a handful of locations in the United States and Europe next year. A fully charged Leaf has a range of about 100 miles.

Hertz and Enterprise already offer hybrid models such as the Toyota Prius.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/16/2152467/all-electric-rental-cars-are-on.html#ixzz0wu4MLcCz

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