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Car Rental Q&A: Why do fleet suppliers have limited numbers of new cars?

Eckhaus Fleet is one of the largest independent fleet suppliers to the car rental industry, and can answer your fleet-related questions.

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Toyota Tests Prius Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle in WeCar Car Sharing Program at Yahoo!

Enterprise Rent-A-Car continues adding new vehicle technology to enhance sustainability of car sharing programs.

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Toyota Announces Voluntary Recall of Prius Models

Toyota announced a recall of 52,000 2001-2003-MY Prius vehicles sold in the U.S. to replace the electric power steering pinion shaft attachment nuts.

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Toyota to Boost North American Production Earlier Than Expected

Beginning in June, overall North American production will reach approximately 70 percent of normal levels, up from approximately 30 percent in May.

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Toyota to Idle North American Plants for Five Days

Due to parts availability following the March 11 Japan earthquake, Toyota’s North American vehicle plants will suspend production on April 15, 18, 21, 22, and 25.

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CRS: What the Manufacturers Said

Representatives from four of the major auto manufacturers gathered at the Car Rental Show to talk rental. While rental continues to represent an integral part of the business, OEMs are managing rental fleet sales to protect residuals.

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Zipcar Introduces Toyota’s Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles to Fleet

The vehicles are part of a pilot program designed to test and evaluate how PHVs and EVs can lead to sustainable networked transportation systems.

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How to Rent a Tesla for $25 an Hour

Some “social car-rental” services allow individuals to rent cars directly from one another.

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LA Auto Show: Trends, Themes and Photos

Electrification, customization and wringing every last drop of efficiency out of an internal combustion engine were prominent storylines. Oh, and models like Heidi Klum.

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GM Improves While Honda, Toyota Dominate in Consumer Reports’ Reliability Survey

European reliability rally stalls: Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz among the worst.

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Which Hybrids Pay Back the Quickest?

After five years and 15,000 miles of driving per year, are there any hybrids that actually have a lower cost of ownership than their gas-engine counterparts? One unexpected vehicle takes the prize.

How Far Will Cell Phone Bans Go?

The federal government means business with its new law banning cell phone use while driving commercial vehicles. Can the laws go even further, and how should fleets react?

Righting a Wrong in Arizona

Arizona is one of a super minority of states in which auto rental companies are required by statute to pay for the negligent acts of their renters. Look for new legislation in the coming weeks that proposes to change that.

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