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Fleet Acquisition•by Staff•August 22, 2011

Dollar Thrifty Asks Hertz and Avis to Submit 'Best and Final Offers'

Dollar Thrifty says it intends to solicit final proposals in early October.

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Rental Operations•by Staff•August 22, 2011

Car Sharing in Los Angeles May Expand Citywide

While the Los Angeles Department of Transportation suggests charging for parking spaces in the city’s car sharing program to help maintain appropriate funding, it also suggests that the city grow the pilot program to service the entire city.

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Rental Operations•by Staff•August 19, 2011

Hertz and Marriott Announce EV Car-sharing Partnership

Hertz and Marriott introduce electric-vehicle (EV) car sharing at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront and the first EV car rental program in downtown San Francisco.

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Rental Operations•by Staff•August 19, 2011

Virgin America and Hertz Team Up

The two companies are offering Elevate loyalty program members great deals on the road and at 35,000 feet.

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Rental Operations•by Staff•August 19, 2011

The Road to Growth for Auto Rental in China

Emerging car rental businesses could become ‘the best propellant for the entire [auto] industry.’

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Rental Operations•by Staff•August 17, 2011

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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Rental Operations•by Staff•August 17, 2011

Adesa: Wholesale Prices Fall $300 in June

According to Tom Kontos’ July commentary, average wholesale prices are now more than $600 below their April peak.

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Rental Operations•by Staff•August 17, 2011

Zipcar Draws the Short Straw

Washington D.C. opens up its car sharing market, allowing representatives from four companies to draw straws for allocation of parking spots.

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Rental Operations•by Staff•August 17, 2011

Peer-to-peer Car Sharer Gets $10 Million Investment

Shasta Ventures and Lisa Gansky are joining Google Ventures and August Capital in boosting the company’s total Series A.2 funding to $10 million.

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Rental Operations•by Staff•August 17, 2011

Fitch Affirms Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority Rev Bonds

Preliminary fiscal 2011 results suggest lodging excise tax and car rental surcharge revenues up 1.5% and total pledged revenues up roughly 6% due primarily to another one-time adjustment for prior years' sales tax revenues.

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