Re:Hertz's Bet on Teslas Went Horribly Sideways
by kelp on Thursday April 04, 2024 @02:35PM
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Hertz also had absurd policies like bring the EV back 100% charged. Which is basically impossible unless there is a DC fast charger adjacent to the rental car center.
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Re:Hertz's Bet on Teslas Went Horribly Sideways
by thinkling on Thursday April 04, 2024 @03:44PM
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As far as I saw, they required cars to come back 70% charged, or to the same level the car had when it went out.
Re:Hertz's Bet on Teslas Went Horribly Sideways
by brewdad on Thursday April 04, 2024 @04:43PM
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Yes. This was the policy I saw when I considered renting an EV in Phoenix. We were only going to be there for 27 hours and our hotel did not have its Level 2 charger operational yet, so we opted for a gas car instead.
Re:Hertz's Bet on Teslas Went Horribly Sideways
by lh7777 on Thursday April 04, 2024 @05:24PM
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I rented a Bolt from Hertz last December and their policy at the time was:
“Return your EV at the same charge level as pick-up and pay $0. Or return your EV at any level for a $25 Recharge Fee.”
They were pretty lenient about the return charge — it was close to 100% to start and 80% when I returned it, but they didn’t charge me the $25. Even if they had, the EV rental rate was cheap enough that I would’ve still come out ahead vs. renting a gas car.
Re:Hertz's Bet on Teslas Went Horribly Sideways
by Scoundreller on Thursday April 04, 2024 @04:32PM
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Meanwhile, I'm trying to find the answer to this on a hypothetical hertz.fr RV rental.
They have a gas policy section, which says "Si vous avez loué un véhicule électrique, veuillez vous reporter à la section Véhicules électriques".
In other words, find and check the electric vehicle section. But they don't have a Véhicules électriques section...