For those interested in renting a hybrid car air airport destinations during a business trip or trying one out before spending thousands to buy one, here is a list of eleven hybrid car rental companies, in no particular order.

1.    Budget – Budget offers the Toyota Prius Hybrid and the Nissan Altima Hybrid at many of their locations.
2.    Thrifty – A less-known rental agency, Thrifty is a company whose marketing strategy is to offer lower prices to the consumers. As such, when San Francisco’s airport offered a fifteen-dollar discount to all who rent hybrids, Thrifty was quick to join many other companies in offering those vehicles. Outside of the Bay Area, however, offerings remain slim.
3.    Avis – Avis is a large organization that often operates near airports. Unlike their competitor, however, Avis still only offers hybrid car rentals in select cities around the United States. Still, for those flying to a large city, it is a good bet that Avis will have a hybrid Prius or Escape available.
4.    Hertz – Much like Avis, Hertz joined the hybrid movement late but has quickly grown to own over four-thousand of the vehicles. Conveniently located at most large airports, Hertz is an excellent option for travelers.
5.    Midway Car Rental – Established in the early 1970′s, Midway is the largest privately owned vehicle rental company in Los Angeles. With over 1,500 vehicles in its fleet and offices in areas around Los Angeles and Hollywood, Midway has hybrid cars and other fuel efficient vehicles for rent.
6.    National – National Car Rental offers midsize hybrids in most regions of the country at a reasonable price. And where they are unable to offer environmentally beneficial cars, they instead offer charitable contributions to help the cause.
7.    Enterprise – One of the foremost leaders in the green movement, Enterprise has outfitted their nationwide locations with over seven thousand hybrid cars, including the Ford Escape Hybrid, Toyota Prius and Toyota Camry Hybrid. Their new hybrid cars are priced only slightly above their other vehicles, and they have a large selection. Enterprise’s website makes it easy for travelers to find hybrid cars for rent at airports.
8.    Alamo – Owned by the same company that also owns National Car Rental, Alamo Rent-a-Car offers several different hybrid car rental models throughout the United States. Their offerings may be low, for now, but as the popularity of hybrids continues to grow, so will their offerings.
9.    Toyota Rent A Car – It’s not general knowledge that Toyota dealers are making their cars available for rent, including many of the well-known Toyota hybrid models. Go to their website toyota.com/rental/, then enter your zip code to search for the nearest participating Toyota dealers.
10.    Fox Rent-a-Car – Located primarily in California, Fox Rent-a-Car offers both free mileage and low rates to entice customers away from the bigger companies. They have also recently embraced the hybrid car rental market with Toyota Priuses offered at several of their locations.
11.    FindExotic.com – While FindExotic.com is not a rental company itself, FindExotic.com is great for finding hybrid rentals, like the Ford Escape Hybrid, in a number of areas and is such a good resource, it deserves a spot on the list.

These are just eleven of the many rental agencies that are quickly becoming providers of hybrid rental cars. And while the total amount of these vehicles remains at around ten to fifteen percent of all cars offered, there is no doubt that they will continue to grow in popularity.
Cuong Huynh, Publisher, http://www.cleancartalk.com/ and http://www.airporthybridrentals.com/
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