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Avis doing away with paper clutter
There's lots more to being a green company in the automotive realm than offering low carbon-output machines, whether you sell them to the public or rent them, like Avis. According to Avis, not only do its consumers prefer not to have their rental cars cluttered with unnecessary brochures and paperwork, but the elimination of said materials will reduce the rental firm's paper consumption by 100 tons per year. That savings adds up to the preservation of 1,500 trees. Surely, Avis is also happy to see a corresponding reduction in cost. To replace ... Read more →
Volkswagen delivers 250 bifuel CNG Golfs to Avis in Milan Sam Abuelsamid
Volkswagen has just delivered 250 of its dual fuel natural gas Golfs to Avis in Milan, Italy where they will join the rental car fleet. VW's dual fuel system allows the engine to run on either ...
Orbitz and Avis Budget Group sign deal to rent hybrids from travel sites Lascelles Linton
The giant online travel website Orbitz has signed a deal with Avis Budget Group (the company behind the two popular Avis and Budget car rental agencies) that allow you to rent hybrids from Orbitz's ...
Avis' UK fleet now spitting out 4% fewer emissions Sebastian Blanco
Thanks to a variety of CO2 emission-reducing steps (see links below), the fleet of 18,500 rental cars operated by Avis around the world has reduced CO2 emissions by four percent overall between 2005 ...
Avis adding the Nissan Altima hybrids to their rental fleet Sam Abuelsamid
Click on the photo of the Altima for a high-res gallery suitable for wallpaper If you are renting a car in California, Avis is now making a new option available in the form of the Nissan Altima ...
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Avis introduces the Toyota Prius to U.K. Fleets 2 years ago on Autoblog Green
First Portugal and Scandinavia, now it's the U.K.'s turn. Tourists, businessmen and collision survivors now have the option of renting green with the introduction of the Toyota Prius to Avis' UK fleets. In addition to being kinder to the environment, the Prius is also exempt from the U.K.'s ...
Avis to offer 1,000 Priuses for rent on the west coast 2 years ago on Autoblog Green
Avis Budget Group has announced that they will start offering Toyota Priuses for rent through their outlets in Seattle, WA, Portland, OR and throughout California. The rental company is adding 1,000 of the hybrids to their fleet and joins Enterprise Rent-A-Car which already offers more than 3,000 ...
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