Green and sustainable mileage with Sunny Cars.
Going on holiday and discovering the most beautiful places with a rental car... who doesn't love it? But at the same time, the emission of exhaust gases contributes to climate change. If you're going on holiday, travel consciously and choose places off the beaten track and tourist hotspots. A rental car will get you there easily! Choose small accommodation, buy your souvenirs from local craftsmen and eat where the locals do. You will discover the flavours of the region and the proceeds will benefit the local economy. In short: go off-the-beaten-track with your rental car!
By adapting your driving style, you also use less fuel. And if you offset your CO2 emissions via Greenseat, you drive completely green. We'd like to tell you more about it.
Conscious choices for green driving.
When booking your rental car, you can make conscious choices to travel more sustainably and reduce your CO₂ emissions. By choosing the right rental car and adopting an efficient driving style, you contribute to a more sustainable holiday while also enjoying a more comfortable drive.
Making conscious choices for greener driving
When booking your rental car with Sunny Cars, you can already take sustainability into account. For example, you can choose a more environmentally friendly vehicle:
- Electric cars are the most environmentally friendly option for your trip, as they produce no direct exhaust emissions. You can find them during the booking process in the filters under Car type.
- Hybrid cars offer a good middle ground between traditional vehicles and fully electric cars. They often provide greater flexibility on the road, as you are not dependent on charging stations, while still being more fuel-efficient than vehicles powered solely by a combustion engine. You can find them in the filter menu under Features.
- Choose a smaller rental car: smaller cars are lighter and generally consume less fuel, resulting in lower CO₂ emissions.
- Newer rental cars often feature the latest technology and tend to be more fuel-efficient than older models.
Compensate your CO2 emissions.
In an ideal world, we would offer many more electric rental cars. But driving electric is not practical abroad due to the local infrastructure. That's why we work together with GreenSeat, so you can offset the CO2 emissions of your rental car. This way, you can make your reservation CO2-neutral in no time. It only costs you a few euros: for a rental sum of € 350, you only pay € 1.75! With the details of your reservation, you can easily calculate the average CO2 emissions of your rental car on the Greenseat website and immediately compensate them!
With this compensation, you help fight climate change and households in developing countries get access to sustainable energy. Greenseat invests in local projects in India, Cambodia and Africa.
- Besides making sustainable choices during your holiday, you can also consciously use less fuel and emit less CO2. This is good for the climate and your wallet. These 6 tips will help you!
6 x green tips for less CO2 emissions.
- Use cruise control. At a constant speed, you reduce fuel consumption by 4 to 10%.
- Save fuel by changing lanes less often or by reducing braking.
- Let the car roll out when you approach a red traffic light, for example. Stationary for long periods? Switch off your car.
- Change gear in time. This way, you make optimal use of the engine's power. Or choose an automatic!
- Do not use the air conditioning unnecessarily. This reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
- Travel light. Extra luggage means more weight and therefore higher fuel consumption.