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Rental agencies having a hard time upgrading customers

There has been a longstanding tradition among car rental agencies to push renters up to bigger, more expensive models. Not that it was all that difficult to do, considering that Americans tend to prefer larger vehicles when all other aspects are equal. Now, though, not all of those aspects are equal, as bigger vehicles are usually thirstier vehicles and the renter is required to return the vehicle with a full tank of gas. So, the act of stepping up to a Hemi-powered Dodge Charger from a four-banger equipped Caliber no longer holds the allure ... Read more →

San Francisco helps you hire a hybrid Domenick Yoney

Have you been planning on flying into San Francisco and renting a car to get around? The folks down at city hall would prefer that your rental be a hybrid and they are willing to help you pay for it. ...

Europcar UK adds CO2 data to vehicle information Xavier Navarro

Europcar and National are going to include their rental car's CO2 emissions - along with size and transmissions - in vehicle descriptions in the United Kingdom. The idea is that cars will now be ...

Paris "about to launch" a cheap rental service featuring 2,000 electric cars Lascelles Linton

The Times reports, the Mayor of Paris is "about to launch" Bertrand Delanöe, a rental system that includes a whopping 2,000 electric cars. The system is based on Automobiles-en-Libre-Service, ...

GM: battery rental payments weekly, might cost the same as gas Lascelles Linton

We told you GM plans to sell you the Volt and rent the battery to keep costs down. We have a few more details on the plan from Nick Reilly, the president of General Motors Asia Pacific, at the APEC ...

GM: Buy the Volt, rent the battery? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

To keep the price of the Volt low, GM is considering renting the battery. I guess that explains the use of the term "consumer cost" when Lutz said the Volt would cost under $30,000. I have to admit, GM is planning some innovative things. I thought the series hybrid was innovative enough. Now ...

Do you want to try an electric car while on vacation? Go to La Rochelle (France) 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I must admit I haven't been much in the north of France and I just knew La Rochelle from a song (so tacky I won't admit what it is) but an acquaintance of mine just visited the city and informed me that the city has a public rental service of electric cars. The principle is basic and it's similar to ...

Travelers want to be able to rent hybrids 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Priceline.com, the website that helps their customers find cut-rate travel deals for air-fare, hotels, and rental cars recently surveyed their customers for Earth Day. Seventy-two percent of respondents indicated that they wanted to be able to rent hybrid vehicles when they travel, forty-eight ...


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