I'm an Avis person myself, and their response at the bottom of the article gives me a little hope that they've at least thought about this tech for more than 8 seconds. I once drove into the rental center with part of the car dragging along the ground, as it had been for the past 100ish miles. The conversation was as follows:

Avis employee: "Sounds like you got part of the car dragging."

Me: "Yeah I noticed that."

Avis employee: "Don't worry about it, here's your receipt."