Where am I supposed to recharge a Tesla if I am living in a cheap motel ?
Hertz orders 100k Teslas
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#102I only rent a car when going on holidays abroad for a week. There is no way I would choose Electric. Filling car once and forgeting about it is a must for me
I take from your comment that you probably haven’t driven an electric car. The whole point is that you plug it in where are you are staying. Every morning, you wake up to a fully charged up car.
You don’t drive to the charging station. Those are essentially for road trips.
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#103In Germany this marked niche is so under-served, there's a whole company (Nextmove) dedicated to rentals of electric cars. They position themselves as "try before you buy" experience, so you can do an extended test over multiple days to see if the car fits you.
There is also Future Rent [1], which allows you to rent electric cars from individual owners.
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#104Where am I supposed to recharge a Tesla if I am living in a cheap motel ?
I figure it wouldn't be wise for a person who stays in a cheap motel to rent an expensive car regardless whether they could charge the car there.
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#105I assume there is a little bit of a "meme stock" element to this, the reddit folks will love it, but I think I would pay a small premium for an electric car when renting (unless I needed long distance). More likely I pay a premium for that than for than the higher end ICE car options at car rental.
The problem is that when you are renting from Hertz you are probably new to the area and don't know where you are going and if there are any charging stations nearby.
My main car rental situation was travelling to work headquarters where I had in the past lived, and renting cars for weekend trips because I did not own one. In both cases I would choose electric and was familiar with the area. But I may not be typical.
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#106My in-laws fancied a Tesla for their vacation in Austin TX. They could not even get to San Antonio, which is hardly an hour away. They had to switch it out for a regular car.
Tesla basically rides on their marketing propaganda. I'll stick to my 35mpg Toyota SUV thank you.
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#107My in-laws fancied a Tesla for their vacation in Austin TX. They could not even get to San Antonio, which is hardly an hour away. They had to switch it out for a regular car. Tesla basically rides on their marketing propaganda. I'll stick to my 35mpg Toyota SUV thank you.
If a Tesla couldn't go 80 miles, there was something wrong with it (like, someone forgot to charge it), just like there would be something wrong with an ICE that couldn't make that same trip (like, someone forgot to put fuel in it). Hell, my ten year old Nissan Leaf could almost make that trip with ten years of battery degradation. So the Tesla either wasn't charged, or we're missing a key piece of the story.
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#108I look forward to not having to give a flying fuck about fuel level upon returning my next rental car. Enabling rental companies to fill up their vehicles on-site without requiring becoming a gas station alone is a glaringly obvious rental EV win.
I am pretty sure these companies will price in the time to charge and up charge the electricity rates. Considering they wouldn't want to fast charge all the time, they probably price in 2 or 3 hours of time of every rental for charging.
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#109I look forward to not having to give a flying fuck about fuel level upon returning my next rental car. Enabling rental companies to fill up their vehicles on-site without requiring becoming a gas station alone is a glaringly obvious rental EV win.
I am pretty sure these companies will price in the time to charge and up charge the electricity rates. Considering they wouldn't want to fast charge all the time, they probably price in 2 or 3 hours of time of every rental for charging.
Considering the barrier to entry for these rental companies to fast charge and/or renewables charge (solar?) on-site is far lower than becoming a gas station, I expect this to just be another axis they compete on as things mature.
That should translate into savings and/or warm fuzzies for customers in the long-run, though it may take a minute before we get there.
There was no realistic scenario for rental companies to start competing on this axis with ICEs, petrol is an inherently hazardous chemicals royal PITA.
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#110I only rent a car when going on holidays abroad for a week. There is no way I would choose Electric. Filling car once and forgeting about it is a must for me
I take from your comment that you probably haven’t driven an electric car. The whole point is that you plug it in where are you are staying. Every morning, you wake up to a fully charged up car. You don’t drive to the charging station. Those are essentially for road trips.
What if you're staying in a hotel, as pretty typical for rental usage for vacations or business ?