Rent Something Green

There's a rental car company that's all green. EV Rental offers its customers the three most popular hybrid cars to choose from- the Toyota Prius, Highlander and the Honda Civic. It is the first US company that carries all hybrid vehicles. It's growing really fast because it a great way to let people try out a hybrid car longer than just a test drive, and it's time and cost efficient, and the daily rates are the same as any other rental company.

So far, the only EV Rental locations are at airports through Fox Rent A Car. They have 8 locations, all on the West Coast. With soaring gas prices and increasing traffic, hybrid vehicles get more than 55 miles per gallon, and they qualify for driving in the carpool lane in California.

I rented a car twice in the last 2 months, and I did not have the choice of renting a hybrid, but if I did, I would definitely get one. Are we going to see Enterprise and Avis and all the other car rental companies make the switch to hybrids soon, or atleast include them in their fleet?

If I was a part of Toyota or Honda, I would give hybrid cars to rental companies for free, or atleast give it to them for a great price. It's a great marketing tactic- it takes a while for some people to adapt to something new, let alone try something new. By offering hybrid cars at car rental companies, it speeds up the awareness and adoption process, and hybrid car manufacturers are not spending millions of advertising dollars doing it.