Driving a Rented Hybrid Car on the Streets of Toronto

Toronto the largest city of Canada is unique in its culture, as approximately half of its population is migrants; however, due to the cosmopolitan culture of the city and standard of living, the city has been selected as an ideal place for living by people from all around the globe and is frequently visited by tourists from everywhere.

Being, economic capital of the Canada and one of the top financial cities of the world, it is full of activities related to finance, business services, telecommunications, aerospace, transportation, media, arts, medical research, education, tourism, and sport industries. Toronto is even considered as one of the most expensive cities of the world. However, being in Canada as one of the most advanced countries of the world, it is obvious that environment consciousness should be on your top agenda and equally implanted on car and its emission systems.

So in order to rent a car, if you are necessarily opting for and it is equally good to be environmental friendly, you can opt for green car that may save you from the charge of polluting your environment. But there are many points of caution while renting a green car in Toronto as labels like “ethical”, “green” or “responsible” can be misleading and there may be many confusing jargons too.

First thing, a customer needs to know about renting a green car is about fuel, as there two types of fuel used in green cars, first the Bio-fuel and the other one is bio-diesel. Bio-fuel is plant based alternative to petrol whereas bio-diesel is diesel mixed with plant oil. So you should have an exact idea about the renting price of each type of car run by eco friendly alterative of petrol.

The hybrid cars have come up as viable solution to the petrol driven cars that combines standard engine with an electric motor. Toyota Prius is one of the most common and popular hybrid cars. Toyota Pirus is not the only green car, however, there now one or two hybrid models provided by every major car manufacturing company. You can search them either by surfing on Internet or can contact a car rental agency directly in Toronto.

Next on your drive to environment consciousness you can follow tips as regulation while driving a car on the streets of Toronto. Keep speed of your vehicle somewhere near to 55 mph instead of 65 as driving on the 55 mph speed would improve its fuel economy thus resulting in lesser emission of carbon – mono oxide and other hazardous gases.

The other tip to reduce pressure on air conditioning and heating is to use them, selectively, as it cut down load on the engine. The decreased use of air conditioner, when, temperature is above 25 degree, it helps in saving fuel up to the extent of 10-15 percent. Park your car as possible in shade to keep cool and decrease need for air conditioning. Constantly keep checking tiers of the car, under-inflated tires add to progressing resistance and diminish fuel economy. It can trim down fuel use by 3-4 percent. Under-inflated tires also show off more rapidly and constantly.