Alternative technologies

Enterprise Rent-A-Car Corporate Environmental Initiative

Embracing new, clean technologies

In August 2006, we launched the FlexFuel initiative aimed at maximizing the use of vehicles in our U.S. fleet that have the ability to burn high levels of ethanol-based fuel. These vehicles employ a technology that allows them to burn the corn-based ethanol fuel blend known as E85, as well as regular petrol. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this can reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by up to 20 percent.

We now have the world’s largest fleet of FlexFuel vehicles – 73,000 cars and trucks that have the ability to burn E85. This is simply another step in the right direction – not a total solution.

We have also formed a partnership with General Motors, one of the leading manufacturers of FlexFuel vehicles, and VeraSun, one of the leading producers of ethanol, to help expand the marketplace opportunities for this alternative fuel and engine technology.

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