Hertz Car Rental Get 1 Free Day of Electric Vehicle on 3+ Day Rentals - Book & Pickup By June 1, 2024

She can't youtube it?

It's not difficult for Hertz and the like to have level 2 chargers at their car lots to charge up their EVs overnight/while not rented out.

I find it incredible that rental drivers find issue with EVs and not the rental companies for giving them a car with less than a "full tank".

There's also a LOT to be said for them not educating their customers on EV use, what's "normal", what is worse and better vs ICE cars, etc. |How to route based on charger availability, how the efficiency works based on climate, etc.

Absolutely astounded that people would believe corporate chatter over actual information and knowledge. Although I guess that's the new norm: rumors and "social media degree" misinformation.

EVs are not for everyone, but at least understand what you're talking about before making public announcements. I'm not going to yell about an ICE truck that couldn't haul my load far enough because I decided to fill the fuel tank with peanut oil and corn nuts and never ask about how diesel vs. gas works..... it's always so odd having these conversations.

I rented a model Y ($45 a day, cheaper than non EV cars because no one wants to rent them) through turo a few weeks ago for a wedding. only issue is pre planning charging time into the day.
My model Y had 80% charge which was roughly 230 miles with AC on when I picked it up. Running around town day 1, I was down to 160 miles left so I stopped by a supercharger at target and spent 20mins charging to bring it to 220 miles. This wasn't an issue as I went into target to kill 20mins and it was where I wanted when I came out. I had to make sure I had enough for the next day. The next day, I spent an entire day not charging. Then on the 3rd day of my trip, I had to drive somewhere that was 74 miles each way, the car had 140 miles charged, I charged up that morning to bring it close to 200 miles and left on my trip. I made the round trip with 150 miles used and had about 30 mile of range left. I had to make sure I had 1 extra hour before returning the car so I can bring the car to 80% when I return it. It took 45mins to charge from 13% to 81%.

with a non EV, I could have spent one visit at a gas station for 5mins filling up the tank to get 300-350 miles for like a toyota Camry. a full tank would have cost me $50. The 3 supercharger visit cost me $35 with a total time of 85mins.

EV is not a good rental. go with gas. EV are only good for people that have home and solar power that charge while they sleep. Its not good for road trips or when you're not planning the day. when you're on vacation, you're trying to visit places and not worry about charging to make it to your destination.

so there you have it, EV is cheaper to rent but the trade off is you're spending more time charging.
GAS is more and it's faster to fill up to get more miles on the drive.

You know how everyone rather pay money to be fast for something. such as, first in line, first in the airplane, TSA preCheck, first in the front of disneyland line, etc. Well, with renting gas car, you get more miles faster by filling up with gas and you spend more compare to EV so there fore, it's better. a full tank of any average car gets 350 to 400 miles. a full tank on a tesla is 250 miles (they suggest keeping it max at 80% charge)

time is money, I rather gain more time by spending more. so there's no real benefit to EV rental. I could have spent an extra hour or two at my destination if I didn't have to trade it for charging time.

I wondered why the last time I rented from them the teslas were 10 cheaper than even their cheapest economy gas powered one…

Overall, as I 10 year EV owner, you cannot "improvise" with the current charger status. EV travel must be planned, except for daily commute. To give an ICE owner an EV for 2-3 days and expect they'll be able to adapt, it's insane.

I have only seen tesla at hertz. Do they have any other ev brands. I test drove the rivian recently and I would love to get that as a rental.

All I'm thinking reading this is how competent EV drivers must be getting hella good deals on car rentals now. I've got a decade of experience seeing dumb new EV owners not being able to figure out public chargers, so if Hertz is just throwing rookies with no instructions into the wild to figure it out, no wonder they're losing their minds. But I know what I'm renting next time as a slick deal.

I got tired renting high mileage vehicles in 2022 plus we all know about inflation in car rental rates. I noticed EVs were priced very cheaply and have not looked back. As Hertz sells off some of their EVs, I have noticed prices creeping back up. For $25, I can return the vehicle with 10% charge.

How bad have the initial charges been? I looked for a minute online and the complaints here sounded valid that they're often under 50%. Seems nuts that a rental company wouldn't always hand them out with at least 80% charge, but clearly Hertz didn't buy L3 chargers or want to pay employees to drive them out to and sit charging. Like, I don't feel taking five minutes to see if there are any fast chargers near your hotel is that big an inconvenience and just paying $35 and never charging at all (how often do you drive over 250 miles while on vacation?), but potentially needing to find a charger going from airport to the hotel after a long flight does sound bad.