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How Enterprising
Enterprise Rent-a-Car opens six 'green' branches in Atlanta |
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10 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 8:26 AM on 10 Apr 2008 The largest car rental company in the United States, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, announced it's opening six "green" branches in Atlanta, Ga., where 60 percent of the available rental vehicles will be hybrids or other fuel-efficient cars. The agency said the increase in efficient vehicles is due to consumer demand. Enterprise currently has a fleet of about 4,000 hybrids out of a tot ... |
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| Topics: business, cars, hybrids, news, United States (all these topics) |
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Buy Low, Sell Hybrids
Honda plans small |
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14 Dec 2007 |
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| "affordable" hybrid car for U.S. market by 2009 Posted at 6:37 AM on 14 Dec 2007 Honda Motor Co. has announced it plans to improve the fuel-efficiency of its U.S. fleet by using "affordable" hybrid-engine technology in at least one model of subcompact car by 2009, as well as offering diesel versions of its larger vehicles. A company official characterized the plan this way: "At this moment, we say hybrid for small cars and diesel ... |
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| Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, news, United States (all these topics) |
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But Kermit Said ...
Japan rules, U.S. drools in new list of greenest vehicles |
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14 Feb 2006 |
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| But Kermit Said ... Japan rules, U.S. drools in new list of greenest vehicles An annual list of the world's greenest cars placed the top American car at an impressive, uh, No. 10, while Japanese cars took all of the top five spots. (But American cars dominated the Totally Un-Gay Testostero-Manly Mean Machine lis ... |
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| Topics: Big Auto, business, cars, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, hybrids, Japan, news, placemaking, Prius, United States (all these topics) |
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