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

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."