Brings up an interesting question. How much does it cost to charge a Tesla III? Someone has to pay for it and why should this ev rental guy get charged from somebody else’s outlet? It ain’t free.
We got “stuck” with a rented Hyundai Genesis from Avis. Decided just to keep it and see what driving an EV is like.
NEVER AGAIN. The car was beautiful, well-appointed, and FAST. A real pleasure to drive! But the experience of keeping it full of amp-hours was FRUSTRATING AS HELL.
For a week, though, I think it cost us something like $50 total, and probably $15 of that is just money still stuck in some EV charger’s app that I have no way of getting back out. You know, you sign up to use their charging stations, and when your balance drops below $10 they automatically bill your card $20 kind of thing.
My guess is Hertz is ripping this guy off because he didn’t charge it at all — kinda like when you bring a gas car back empty and they charge you $10+ per gallon for the gas.
I spent lots in rentals last year and most of it was on Teslas. There’s a “super charger” nearby that’s “free” and to my knowledge I’ve never paid a dime to charge a Tesla. Likewise out-of-state.
Other brands that can’t use Tesla chargers are another story. The 3rd party charging “ecosystem” is — like pretty much every other fascist (subsidized) program, a disappointing boondogle.
The Tesla itself is a really fine example of an exception to that rule - at least it always has been for me.
Should bring up an even more interesting and pertinent question: WHY THE HELL DOES ANYONE RENT FROM HERTZ AT ALL?
According to the final receipt, the customer gave the Model 3 back to Hertz with the battery 96% full, the exact same state of charge it was picked up with.
Your objection is answered.
If you are a Hertz gold or biz to biz customer the return at any state of charge is $25.
As for retail power to go from 20% to 80% the typical charge window on a Model 3 RWD with a 57kWh is a net charge of 46kWh and with the AC to DC plus pack losses you need 50kWh at a retail Texas price of power today of 8 cents per kWh that’s $4.05 worth of retail power.
46kWh in urban/suburban driving will use 180 watt hours per mile with the A.C.on or 255 miles. My Model 3 is returning 180-200wh mile in DFW heat and traffic.