Re:Hertz's Bet on Teslas Went Horribly Sideways
by hinkley on Thursday April 04, 2024 @03:56PM
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We had someone plug their rental EV into a 15 amp outside circuit on our house on a friday night. We thought it said that it would be charged by 10 am the next day so we just drove them to their rental. Next morning when they showed up at 11 am we discovered that the charger hadn't said 10 am Saturday. No, it said 10 am Monday.
If you buy an EV you hopefully do so knowing full well the vehicle's constraints. You've figured out those constraints aren't a deal breaker for your known use cases. When being offered as a rental most people have no idea what the constraints of the vehicle are nor can they make informed decisions about them. So having anxiety about any of those, including charging, makes complete sense. A rental car should be as flexible as possible, not have a care and feeding schedule like you're buying a Mogwai.