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Car-rental companies have been steering toward clean-fuel options, particularly in recent months. Here, the latest.
Enterprise: Owns 3,000 hybrid vehicles in the U.S. and is adding 1,500 Toyota Priuses this fall. The company recently established "E85/FlexFuel" branches in Washington, D.C., and Ohio that specialize in vehicles that burn ethanol-based fuel.
Hertz: Will have some 3,500 hybrids in its U.S. fleet by 2008, including 100 Priuses in Manhattan (where they will be especially efficient in the stop-and-go traffic).
Avis: Currently offers guaranteed reservations of Priuses in Washington, D.C., and several West Coast airport locations (Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, Sacramento, San Jose, and San Diego); it will have them in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Dallas by the end of the year. The company added 500 Nissan Altima Hybrids to its California fleet this summer, and will be adding 500 Ford Escape Hybrids to its nationwide fleet by the end of the year.
EV Rental Cars: The country's only all-hybrid rental agency has six airport locations in California (Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Ana, San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland), one in Phoenix, one in Las Vegas, and a total fleet of 350 vehicles.
—Darrell Hartman
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