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EVs undercut one of the main 2 revenue streams of rental car companies - gouging people on gas charges when they don’t fill the tank up themselves. (The other b
by bluedevil2k 3y ago
EVs undercut one of the main 2 revenue streams of rental car companies - gouging people on gas charges when they don’t fill the tank up themselves. (The other being overpriced insurance). I recently returned an electric rental car to Hertz without charging it. It cost $15 extra. To me, that price is low enough I’d likely never charge it before returning it.
- ourmandave 3y ago$15 to skip finding a fast charging station and not wait around the 20+ minutes (assuming no waiting line)? It's like they're paying you not to charge it.
- bdcravens 3y agoDoes Hertz charge an additional fee if the charge is below a certain level? I know many renting on Turo do if the charge is below 20%, even those with the fee to return without charging.
- kristjansson 3y agoBut based on other comments, it sounds like they're not actually charging before sending the car out again, so $15 is just a pure gouge, with no relation to the actual cost of charging
- ianferrel 3y agoMost places won't actually put gas in a car you bring back with less gas in it either, they just mark that it's at 3/4 or 1/2 a tank and you need to bring it back with the same amount of gas or they charge you. And presumably it's just pure gouge often because people will overfill.