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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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