Rental car agencies are starting to go green in increasing numbers. Enterprise Rent-A-Car Co. recently announced that it will establish an E85/Flexible Fuel branch in Washington D.C. The rental car outlet will stock about 50 E85-friendly General Motors vehicles (representing about 50 percent of the branch’s fleet). Overall, it plans to dispatch some 41,000 flex-fuel vehicles to its offices around the country (it currently offers around 3000 gas-electric hybrids in its fleet nationwide).

The move by Enterprise comes on the heels of Hertz establishing its Green Collection, which touts fuel-efficient offerings like the Toyota Prius. The company plans to have some 3400 units of the hybrid in fleets by next summer.

We haven’t yet to learn if there will be pricing premiums for these greener models from either Enterprise or Hertz (versus similar-sized gasoline-only models), but it’s reasonable to expect a surcharge of some kind.

All of this begs the question: Would you be willing to pay more for a green rental car? Have you made any efforts before to rent a more fuel-efficient vehicle? Have your say in ‘Comments.’

source:windingroad