
Iceland has launched its first electric car rental service. With four electric cars available (including a Nissan Leaf), Electric Carrental expects to add more cars to the fleet in the spring.
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Car2go will be launching its car-sharing service in the Chinese city of Chongqing within a year. This pilot program will bring several hundred of its smart fortwo vehicles.
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Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (DTAG), part of The Hertz Corp., has expanded its existing network in Germany with 116 additional locations in cities such as Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Cologne and Munich.
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Opening as the first car rental company on the Pacific island of New Caledonia in 1964, Hertz has expanded to more locations and now has a fleet of 170 vehicles.
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Avis Budget Group has agreed to acquire its licensee for the Avis and Budget brands in Norway, Sweden and Denmark for approximately $50 million.
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For the second year, car rental broker Booking Group sent Christmas cards to children of its clients worldwide. The personal Santa letters were mailed from Santa Claus Village in Lapland, Finland.
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Irish Car Rentals, a franchisee of Europcar, has opened its 14th location in Ireland in the city of Portlaoise.
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Enterprise Holdings has terminated the Master License Agreement that Europcar held to operate the National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car brands throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
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Avis Budget Group Inc. plans to combine its three operating regions into two, the Americas and International. This realignment will take effect on Jan. 1, 2015, in connection with several management changes.
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Sixt opens Caribbean locations on St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago as well as in Asunción, the capital of Paraguay.
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