Enterprise Announces Environmental Platform
June 07, 2007
Enterprise Rent-A-Car recently announced an environmental stewardship platform
that features several long-term initiatives, including a fleet of
fuel-efficient vehicles, FlexFuel vehicles and gas/electric hybrids, as well as
a commitment to alternative fuels research.
Forty seven percent of Enterprises rental fleet are fuel-efficient cars more
than 334,000 vehicles, averaging at least 28 mpg. In addition, 28 percent of
its worldwide rental fleet more than 199,000 vehicles averages at least 32
miles per gallon.
Also, a third of the vehicles in Enterprises U.S. fleet qualify for the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agencys SmartWay certification mark, a distinction the
EPA grants to vehicles that emit relatively low levels of both regulated
pollutants and greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.
Enterprise currently operates more than 3,000 gas/electric hybrid vehicles
which are powered by a combination of gas and battery-generated electricity.
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