Avis is now offering customers the chance to rent a Toyota Prius from its London locations. The environmentally friendly hybrid vehicle, which runs on a mixture of petrol engine and electric motor, is available to book through the Avis Prestige and is exempt from the congestion charge.
The launch of the 20 Prius vehicles onto the UK fleet follows the announcement, in February, that Avis Germany introduced natural gas VW Tourans to its fleet at 19 locations in 15 cities across the country.
Avis Portugal introduced hybrid cars to its fleet in 2005 and currently operates 50 hybrids across the country, reducing its CO2 emissions by over 50 tonnes. Avis Scandinavia also offers customers the chance to rent environmentally friendly vehicles with over 400 ethanol-powered Saab 9-5 BioPower cars, 75 Ford Flexi-fuel and 20 Toyota Prius vehicles on its fleet.
“The expansion of our environmental offerings across Europe is an important part of our commitment to driving real change in the industry,” says Daniel McCarthy Commercial Director, Avis UK.
