Re:Hertz's Bet on Teslas Went Horribly Sideways
by Rebelgecko on Thursday April 04, 2024 @03:40PM
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>the vehicles lose a few percent of charge per day even when not driven (worse in hot weather)
Is that a Tesla thing? Or does Hertz have some sort of battery draining telematics? I have a non-Tesla EV and even in warm weather (100°F+) that hasn't been the case for me. If the weather changes drastically the SOC might change ±2%, but when I've left my car sitting for weeks it seems to average out
Re:Hertz's Bet on Teslas Went Horribly Sideways
by resters on Thursday April 04, 2024 @08:18PM
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It could have been the aforementioned mis-calibration as well, not sure. I consulted some help/documentation at the time and it said it was normal.
With respect to telematics, I think the only change to the vehicle was that a few menu options were unavailable. I updated the software on one of the vehicles, renamed a few, added some to the app, etc.
In my opinion, a Hertz office with sufficient charging capacity could be great with EVs. (I also don't understand why traditional gas stations aren't already featuring a few high capacity charging stalls)
- some markets don't have an abundance of fast superchargers. It can take > 1 hour to charge.
- vehicles would often get returned mostly discharged, which forces the next customer to deal with it.
- I rented a few that appeared to have been driven really hard, leading the remaining charge calibration to become mis calibrated, which caused me to have to stop for some unscheduled charges.
- the vehicles lose a few percent of charge per day even when not driven (worse in hot weather)
- Hertz locations are typically not equipped with any kind of charging infrastructure -- if they were, EVs would be far more convenient to rent.
I wish the program would continue, and I would still prefer to rent a Tesla over the other options, but I think the aforementioned things factored into the failure.