Many car hire companies offer hybrid models – for a price
No doubt, car hire companies large and small have responded to increased consumer demand for fuel efficiency in the last few years by stocking up on gasoline-electric hybrids and other vehicles with better mileage and lower emissions. But whether or not these car hire companies [...]
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Car rental companies green up
Posted in car rental, tagged Advantage Rent-a-Car, airport, airport rental, airport rental station, Alamo, Avis, budget, Buick, car hire, car rental, car rentals, cars, economy cars, Enterprise, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Ford, Francisco, fuel efficiency, gasoline-electric hybrids, green car rentals, Hertz, hybrid models, Hyundai, National, Nissan, rent a car, rental car, rental car company, rental locations, rental vehicles, SmartWay certification, Terra Pass, Toyota, vehicles, Yosemite National Park on February 28, 2009 | Comments Off
Hertz joins green car hire battle
Posted in car rental, tagged battle, BMW, car, car hire, car hire customers, car hire industry, car insurance, car keys, car rental, car rental companies, car sharing, car-sharing market, credibility, eco credibility, electronic card, green cars, Hertz, hire, hybrid car, hybrid cars, London, market, market share, members, membership, membership fee, Mini Cooper, New York, New York City, Paris, petrol, rent cars, rental, rental vehicle, reserve cars, reserve cars online, Toyota Prius, vehicle, vehicle hire, vehicle rental, world, Zipcar on January 8, 2009 | Comments Off
Green cars are dominating the car hire industry to the point that some of the world’s largest car rental companies are battling to boost their eco credibility in an effort to win a larger market share.
Hertz has become the latest company to get in on the act. Firstly, it is introducing a new car-sharing offering [...]
Analysts speculate on sale of Dollar Thrifty
Posted in car rental, tagged bankrupt, car, car rental, car rental company, Dollar Thrifty, Enterprise, Enterprise rent-a-car, Hertz, marketing, rent a car, rental, reservation systems, Thrifty Automotive, Tulsa, Vanguard, Vanguard Car Rental on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The replacement of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. President and CEO Gary L. Paxton with Chief Financial Officer Scott L. Thompson may speed the car rental company’s sale to a rival, a national analyst said Tuesday.
Dollar Thrifty announced the leadership change late Monday. The Tulsa-based company said Paxton will remain a director at Dollar [...]
Car-rental fee eliminates that tankless last-minute rush to gas up
Posted in car rental, tagged airfares, airlines, airport, big players, Canada, car, fuel option, fuel policy, gasolinetravelers, Hertz, licensee, rental car, rental companies, U.S. on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re ready for a little relief from the constant attention to airlines and airfares, I have a few interesting items to report on the rental car front.
Hertz just announced a new fuel policy: If you take the “full tank out, full tank back” fuel option but don’t fill it before you return the car, [...]
