Tagged electric vehicle
January 4, 2012 in Fuel, Green Fleet
I-GO Car Sharing announced that its electric vehicle project will add 36 all-electric vehicles to its fleet and 18 solar charging stations to provide clean power to its cars.
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December 12, 2011 in Green Fleet, Vehicle Research
In the study of five major rental companies in the United Kingdom, commissioned by the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association, about 20% of trips were one-way.
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December 12, 2011
Built off the citywide bike rental scheme, the electric car-sharing project had vehicles on the road officially Dec. 5.
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December 7, 2011
Mitsubishi Motors North America said it will make its first delivery of a 2012 model-year Mitsubishi i electric vehicle to a fleet customer on Thursday, Dec. 8. The customer is City CarShare, a San Francisco Bay-area nonprofit car-sharing group.
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November 29, 2011
Alamo offers electric vehicles to customers at Disney's newest family resort destination located at Ko Olina on the island of Oahu.
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October 25, 2011 in Rental Operations
The company is testing a zero-emissions, all-electric bus at LAX.
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October 18, 2011
The five Hertz units will be deployed mid-November at multiple locations as part of Hertz Entertainment Services and Hertz on Demand car sharing.
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By Chris Brown , September 2011
In the second part of this blog on electric vehicle experiences, our five Nissan Leaf drivers weigh in on driving impressions, the realities of range anxiety and the unexpected consequences of plugging in instead of gassing up.
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August 25, 2011
Europcar is adding the all-electric Peugeot iONs to several locations, including the Luton Airport. The EV will initially roll out on a day-rental basis only.
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By Chris Brown , August 2011
The electric vehicle “arms race” heats up in car rental. Auto Rental News questions Rich Broome of Hertz on the company’s EV strategy.
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