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Re:Hertz's Bet on Teslas Went Horribly Sideways by Rebelgecko on Thursday April 04, 2024 @03:40PM (#39934896)
>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

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Re:Hertz's Bet on Teslas Went Horribly Sideways by resters on Thursday April 04, 2024 @08:18PM (#39937402)
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)

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