Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Peugeot
Last March, rental agency Europcar pre-ordered 500 electric vehicles from Renault to add to its fleets in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. In July 2011, Europcar was back at it, adding an undisclosed amount of the "go anywhere at any time" Opel Amperas to its fleet. Now, Europcar will add electric Peugeot iOns to its fleet.
Europcar says the Peugeot iOns will initially only be available for rentals of 24 hours or less, a move that Europcar says will ensure the vehicles don't often run out of juice. Additionally, the iOns will only be available at Europcar locations set up to recharge plug-in vehicles - Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton airports, Kings Cross and at Marble Arch.
Now, here's something we'd like to see transfer to the U.S.: Europcar says specific CO2 emissions data is available on all vehicles in its rental fleet and it will only label the greenest of autos "eco-friendly."
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