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Why wouldn't they just apply the same usury rates they apply for gasoline tanks that are not given full to electric cars?
by llampx 5y ago
Why wouldn't they just apply the same usury rates they apply for gasoline tanks that are not given full to electric cars?
- easton 5y agoThey could, but I don't know if people would like it. When you're running late for a flight it takes three minutes to drive through the (somewhat overpriced) airport gas station and throw $20 in the tank, but with an electric car that could be twenty minutes (assuming the airport had a charger available). Which means you're stuck paying Hertz to fill it for you at their crazy markup. Of course, the answer with most electric car charging questions is "charge it at home", which is great when you own the car, but when you're on a trip who knows what the hotel's infrastructure will be like.
- NikolaeVarius 5y agoI can do an after hours return with a gas car at 3am and spend the 3 minutes to fill up the tank before I leave it on the lot. You can't really do that with an electric car unless you want to pay a extremely high fillup cost
- Symbiote 5y agoIf they installed basic charging points at a reasonable number of parking spaces, it would be reasonable to allow people to return the cars without a full charge, so long as they plug them in. (I mean a charging point that can charge the car in 5-8 hours, which I assume should be straightforward for a new commercial installation with a 3-phase supply etc.)