I will never again rent an EV and I have no idea how people deal with this

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the future get a Tesla, the rest are not a good option for their lack of a decent charging network and are at least 5 year behind

What about Rivian? I've seen 4 of them rolling around my neighborhood. And a Tesla truck. we fancy here.

My friend had a Rivian that he ended up returning under the lemon law. But other than that they have pretty good reputations. They can use both CSS1 and Tesla DC fast chargers, plus there is a Rivian charging network. So they are probably in the best shape for charging of anyone. Too big for me however.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In the future get a Tesla, the rest are not a good option for their lack of a decent charging network and are at least 5 year behind

What about Rivian? I've seen 4 of them rolling around my neighborhood. And a Tesla truck. we fancy here.

Right now they can access a portion of the tesla charging network (like 30%). Rivian's own network has been very very slow to roll out. Tesla has about 50,000+ chargers and Rivian has about 600.

[Anonymous]

I too will never rent an EV car again. Definitely not designed for the Canadian climate. A full charge can’t even get you 3 hours worth of driving in Ontario . Spent over 20 hours charging over a 4 day period. No thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I too will never rent an EV car again. Definitely not designed for the Canadian climate. A full charge can’t even get you 3 hours worth of driving in Ontario . Spent over 20 hours charging over a 4 day period. No thanks.

Interesting. I wonder how much the cold affects the EV battery life.

[Anonymous]

I was hoping to get an EV for our next car but after all the security issues, I’ve changed my mind.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:I was hoping to get an EV for our next car but after all the security issues, I’ve changed my mind.

What security issues?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I too will never rent an EV car again. Definitely not designed for the Canadian climate. A full charge can’t even get you 3 hours worth of driving in Ontario . Spent over 20 hours charging over a 4 day period. No thanks.

Let’s say it takes 45 minutes to fully charge. In 20 hours you could recharge 26 times. Even with the loss associated with the cold, you should be getting 150 miles (very conservatively). So you drove at least 3900 miles in 4 days.

[Anonymous]

2 of the last 4 times I rented a car, they tried to give me an EV. (I didn't reserve an EV.)

I declined since I didn't have the time to find chargers nor the extra hours to wait for the car to charge.

Have since learned that the rental companies are sitting on a lot of EVs that customers don't want to rent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am too anxiety prone to ever consider renting, owning, being driven in, or driving an EV. Hard pass right now.

Same here. Love my Prius.

[Anonymous]

Many many hotels have parking for EVs. You just charge overnight. You can't just rent an EV without planning, though.

[Anonymous]

What are EV's like in the snow? Can you put snow tires on them?

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:What are EV's like in the snow? Can you put snow tires on them?

Yes, you can put snow tires on them. I haven't driven ours in anything more than light snow, but it's been fine on slippery roads.

[Anonymous]

I loved owning an EV but the best thing about it is charging at home. Renting one usually means you are in an unfamiliar city with limited or no access to charging at night. No thanks

[Anonymous]

Hertz has been selling off their EVs.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hertz-loses-another-200-million-from-its-evs-172735716.html

[Anonymous]

I think people are being unnecessarily hostile to OP. Most people rent cars on vacations or business trips. Neither are occasions where most people have loads of time/capacity to figure out new-to-them logistics for the first time. EVs can be a pain in the ass if you can’t charge overnight.