In the US, hourly car rental and green driving is the new battle ground for car hire In the depths of the credit crunch, more and more car hire companies are renting their cars by the hour. In major cities in the US, this is something car hire companies are trying to cash in on. A technique that would probably help James Bond, as he can wreck the car and forget about it within 60 Read more…

Is the Government barking up the wrong tree? Car sharing lanes are, in principal, an excellent idea. They are a concept already established in other parts of the world, namely the United States, Australia and parts of Europe. And now they are gradually being introduced in Britain, albeit on an ad-hoc basis. In Leeds a car sharing lane has been operational for some time, and there are now lanes appearing in Birmingham and on a Read more…

Can the old hire car industry survive and adapt to 21st Century car rental demands? Many people are going green these days, with a renewed interest in the environment, and heightened awareness of the state of our natural resources, people all around the world are reacting to this problem. For example, Paris has recently launched an electric car scheme and San Francisco Airport is implementing a new drive to attract green cars to its airport. However, Read more…