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The last time I needed to rent a car, I seriously considered renting an EV. I find them more pleasant to drive, my usage could have been accomplished on a single charge, and Hertz doesn’t penalize you for returning a discharged EV like they do for returning a gas car on an empty tank, so it would have saved me having to find a gas station near the airport on my way out of town.

But they wanted more than twice as much for a model 3 than any other compact sedan, so I ended up with a gas powered Kia instead.




> Hertz doesn’t penalize you for returning a discharged EV like they do for returning a gas car

depending on the branch they absolutely do. Many now have requirements you have to return it charged to a certain % or be charged just like gas.


How much is the fee? It only costs like 7 $ to fully charge.


> and Hertz doesn’t penalize you for returning a discharged EV like they do for returning a gas car on an empty tank

bollocks. they absolutely do, and I've been dinged on it before. last time I rent an EV


That apparently is case in some times and places. But when I was renting a car at YVR in December 2022, their web site said they did not.


> But they wanted more than twice as much for a model 3 than any other compact sedan, so I ended up with a gas powered Kia instead.

I mean, they were only going to charge twice as much for a car that costs 3x as much.




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