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Re:Hertz to Sell 20k EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars by rondini on Thursday January 11, 2024 @02:50PM (#38957898)
As a second anecdote, I also rented one from Hertz (Polestar 2) and while it could navigate me to charging stations, at least 50% of the time I was unable to charge at a given location due to technical issues. It was bad enough that I had to divert 30 minutes off my planned route to find a working charger.

I look forward to owning an EV someday but the rental experience right now and in my state was VERY stressful.

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Re:Hertz to Sell 20k EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars by pton_xd on Thursday January 11, 2024 @05:19PM (#38960172)
I had the same experience... in Sunnyvale / SF, of all places! I was shocked at how bad the charging infrastructure is for non-Teslas.
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Re:Hertz to Sell 20k EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars by AlbertCory on Thursday January 11, 2024 @06:05PM (#38960795)
Indeed: for awhile I was going to a place on Saratoga near Doyle in west San Jose, and they had a non-Tesla charging station in the parking lot. Almost always, every spot was occupied, even in the middle of a weekday.
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Re:Hertz to Sell 20k EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars by mgiampapa on Thursday January 11, 2024 @05:35PM (#38960385)
Level 2 Tesla destination chargers are everywhere in SV and you can use them with with any J1772 car using a simple adapter.

There are now also adapters for fast charging Tesla connectors to CCS1, but that is relatively recent.

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