Car Rental Company Expands FlexFuel Commitment

Enterprise Rent-A-Car with partner VeraSun Energy Corp. (NYSE: VSE), one of the nation’s largest ethanol producers, announced another FlexFuel rental branch, and the company’s first in South Dakota.

The Sioux Falls Enterprise location joins similar branches in Washington, D.C.; Cincinnati, Columbus and Dayton, Ohio; St. Louis, Mo.; and Charlotte, N.C. in promoting the expanded availability and use of E85, a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline.

The Sioux Falls location will commit to fueling its Sioux Falls FlexFuel vehicles with VeraSun’s branded E85, VE85^TM. In addition, employees at the Sioux Falls location will provide customers with educational materials about ethanol and flexible fuel vehicles, and a map detailing Sioux Falls VE85^TM locations.

The Taylor family of companies, which includes Enterprise, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car, owns and operates the world’s largest fleet of FlexFuel vehicles–more than 73,000 cars and trucks that have the ability to run on E85. VeraSun launched its VE85^TM brand in May 2005 with seven stations in Sioux Falls and today it is available at more than 140 fueling locations in 13 states and Washington, D.C.

"Embracing new, clean fuels and automotive technologies is a priority for Enterprise Rent-A-Car and an important part of our broader commitment to environmental stewardship," said Christopher Hay, Vice President and General Manager for Enterprise in South Dakota. "As new technologies and alternative fuels become commercially viable, we’ll continue to embrace them, and to work with VeraSun Energy and other partners to educate and encourage our customers to use them."

Hay said approximately 30% of the vehicles at the Sioux Falls Branch will be FlexFuel.