The hybrid vehicles provided by EV Rental Cars include the Toyota Prius,
Toyota Highlander, and the new Honda Civic Hybrid models. Each gets nearly
50 miles a gallon and has a range of about 600 miles per tank of gasoline.
Both are half electric and half gasoline-powered cars that seat five
passengers. Each is equipped with integrated charging systems, which mean
they never have to be recharged from an outside source. Among the other
benefits of the vehicles, they use no gas when operating at low speeds
(running off of the electric source), and solo drivers are legally
permitted to use the carpool lane in California.
"We have a responsibility to the environment and to the economy to help
business travelers who are suffering from political foot-dragging and oil
company profiteering," said EV Rental Cars Chairman Jeff Pink. During the
next six to twelve months Pink is planning on adding as many as 500 hybrid
vehicles to the EV Rental Cars fleet in Las Vegas alone, which is one of
the top three highest volume rental car cities in America.
"In a hybrid rental vehicle I can drive around Las Vegas for two days
and never have to refill the tank before returning to the airport," said
Patrick Pharris, President and CEO of Promethean Partners, the advertising
broker for the environmentally friendly Las Vegas Monorail.
EV Rental Cars’ fleet includes more than 350 cars at 8 locations
throughout the country. Airport locations include California sites in Los
Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, a
site in Phoenix, AZ and its newest location in Las Vegas, NV. EV Rental
Cars is an affiliate of Fox Rent-A-Car.
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