Plymouth Rock Studios, a film and television Production Campus being developed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, has decided to go green with the rental cars that will undoubtedly be required by the actors, studio execs and visitors. In order to make this happen, they have teamed up with Enterprise Rent-A-Car, which has already seen some coverage here at AutoblogGreen. Enterprise will be providing the an all-hybrid fleet of rental cars to Plymouth Rock Studios, making them "an official Green Alliance Partner" with the studio ... for whatever that's worth. Hyperbole aside, offering a hybrid-only fleet is a step in the right direction and we hope that other studios can find a way to follow the example set here. Details after the break.

Enterprise Rent-a-car has a couple of green initiatives going. First of all, it has a good number of fuel-efficient vehicles (defined as those that get more than 28 mpg, as shown above) including 5,000 hybrids and 73,000 flex-fuel vehicles. Then, it's offering carbon-offsetting for all its customers, which is claimed to be equivalent of "planting the trees in New York's Central Park every 10 days for the next 50 years."

This sounds nice, doesn't it? Well, the fact is that the company can't fully implement this policy. First of all, its flex-fuel vehicles seldom run on E85 due to the lack of fueling stations. Second, less than one in 10 customers so far are paying the extra $1.25 per rental to offset their carbon emissions. And let's not forget that none of Enterprise's vehicle providers (Toyota, Saturn and Ford) can supply its demand. As Pat Farrell, Enterprise's vice president for corporate responsibility says "We've told our manufacturing partners that we want many, many more. You just can't get them."

Related:

• VeraSun Energy and Enterprise will bring ethanol to rental cars
• Enterprise's 50 million tree plan. What are you doing for Arbor Day?

[Source: CNN money]

Avis Budget Group has announced that they will start offering Toyota Priuses for rent through their outlets in Seattle, WA, Portland, OR and throughout California. The rental company is adding 1,000 of the hybrids to their fleet and joins Enterprise Rent-A-Car which already offers more than 3,000 hybrids. Avis will be charging $69.95 or more a day for the Priuses depending on where and when customers rent them.

[Source: Chicago Tribune via Hugg, thanks to Linton for the tip]