Enterprise Rent-A-Car promotes the availability of flex-fuel vehicles in Washington, D.C. Half of the 100 cars in that fleet use fuel that is 85 percent ethanol alcohol and 15 percent gas.
(Jay Premack For The Boston Globe)
Car rental outfits head in a green direction
Demand grows for fuel efficiency
Enterprise Rent-A-Car promotes the availability of flex-fuel vehicles in Washington, D.C. Half of the 100 cars in that fleet use fuel that is 85 percent ethanol alcohol and 15 percent gas.
(Jay Premack For The Boston Globe)
WASHINGTON -- Faced with sluggish rentals of sport utility vehicles and eco-conscious consumers demanding cars with higher gas mileage, auto rental companies have scrambled in recent months to stock their fleets with more fuel-efficient vehicles -- including cutting-edge hybrid vehicles and flex-fuel cars that run mainly on ethanol. (Full article: 1299 words)
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