[CydeWeys]

Rental cars are prime candidates for EVs as they get driven a lot more than the average car. I don't own a car, but whenever I rent one I'm putting a lot more miles on it per day than any car I ever owned in the past. I only rent cars when I know I'll be doing a lot of driving, so it makes sense (otherwise I'd just take a few taxis/Ubers).

[gruez]

The most typical rental car use case I can think of is you traveling to a random city and needing transportation, either for a business trip or on vacation. In either case, I'm driving in an unfamiliar city, to a bunch of random places. The last thing I want in that scenario is having to worry about where I can charge my car. Finding parking is already enough hassle enough.

[CydeWeys]

I'm not worried about it. There's apps and websites that show you all the charging locations. You have to figure out much more complicated stuff than that while traveling.

I'd love to get an EV rental but I'm not willing to pay extra for it and luck hasn't smiled my way yet. I also don't use Hertz, mostly Avis, and I'm guessing they don't have nearly as many EVs.

[gruez]

>There's apps and websites that show you all the charging locations

and what if the conference center/tourist attraction you're going to doesn't have a charging station? What if they do, but they're broken/occupied? I agree it's not an insurmountable task, it's just something I don't want to have to worry about while I'm dealing with the other "much more complicated stuff".

[CydeWeys]

Apparently you don't need to return EVs charged, so it would've been less hassle for me on my most recent rental. I had a car for 4 days in Las Vegas and drove around 250 miles total. I had to go out of my way when dropping it off for the flight to find a non-gouging gas station and stop there, whereas with an EV, I wouldn't have had to do that at all. Would've saved me $40 in gas too (which was 20% of the rental cost).