Can they even make use of such a large number? Is this a Tesla options play on their part?
Hertz orders 100k Teslas
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#112My 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.
I don't know nearly enough about electric cars, but I was under the impression their battery performance severely drops off in extreme heat and cold. On an extremely hot day (say 112F/44C) what is the maximum distance which you can traverse?
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#113Can they even make use of such a large number? Is this a Tesla options play on their part?
The new Texas and Berlin factories should be operational by the end of the year. I don't see it as a problem.
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#114Those that are familiar with Tesla's, would there be extra software features a car rental company would want?
Resetting the system and clearing out any personalization. For example most rentals will have a huge list of contacts saved from people who paired with Bluetooth and unthinkingly let the car have all the contacts (which I was guilty of doing until I got wise to it).
The opposite is a good idea too, upload your locations to Hertz and they could pre-load GPS on the Tesla with where you're going as saved locations, contacts, etc. and then wipe them when you return the car.
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#115Can they even make use of such a large number? Is this a Tesla options play on their part?
Hertz has historically had a fleet of around half a million cars [1], so ceteris paribus, yes.
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/470829/us-car-rental-ave...
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#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hopped in my Tesla for the first time and after a single stop sign where I stopped kind of weird (not honestly that bad), that was it. The Tesla person on the initial lesson assumed I'd driven one before. You get the hang of it really quick. Same story for many other people who've driven my car. If you're not using regenerative breaking it's pretty much like a normal car sans the small acceleration gas cars provide…
Actually a metaphor just came to mind. Imagine you've been playing on a 60hz refresh rate monitor forever. Then, you play your favorite fps on a 120hz refresh rate monitor. That's what the difference feels like.
Except it's 100000Hz apparently
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#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 ?
You charge at the hotel.
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#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I don't know nearly enough about electric cars, but I was under the impression their battery performance severely drops off in extreme heat and cold. On an extremely hot day (say 112F/44C) what is the maximum distance which you can traverse?
I don't know the answer, mainly because there would be a lot of variables starting with the battery pack option one purchased, but it will for sure be a considerably larger number than 80.
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#119I 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
All my travel is within Europe and I stay only in budget hotels. Everywhere I have been I have not seen convenient place to charge car. Actually I have seen electric cars even as cheaper option than traditional cars when renting. IMO it's a good option for a few days when you don't need to recharge. There are limited vacation days and I am not ready spend this time thinking about charging
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#120Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I don't know nearly enough about electric cars, but I was under the impression their battery performance severely drops off in extreme heat and cold. On an extremely hot day (say 112F/44C) what is the maximum distance which you can traverse?
The numbers I’ve seen quoted are in the neighborhood of 20-30 percent, but that’s only really for cold weather. Tesla batteries are actively cooled, so there shouldn’t be a significant performance decrease other than the power draw from the AC unit in the cabin.
Even if there were a 50% loss in efficiency the car should still be able to travel over 150 miles, the notion that the weather would drop the range to less than 80 miles is absurd.