Hi Christine The real reason is you *can’t* drive it for two hours until after training. Don’t know why the article didn’t mention that fundamental problem with Tesla’s. I had to ask a guy walking down the sidewalk how to make it go forward (push the right side wiper looking stalk down), from Tysons Corner DC, didn’t touch anything else till I got home. Next day a guy in the club gave me a 2 hour crash course on how to operate all the screen controls. I don’t know why Elon decided to stir all the controls around compared to a standard car, but you certainly wouldn’t want to use it as a rental! I always ask the various car rental companies In CO about EVs and they always say they’re not available so I assume this must be California. $20K for a model 3 assuming low (not hard) miles would be good but most guys I know treat rentals like race cars and jeeps. New price is supposedly at $37K. Love the car (Tesla-Y) though, best charging network for all our family trips! The Bolt takes about an hour to charge and Electrify America CCS charging in "red" states is iffy with poor maintenance. The Leaf is strickly for local trips.
Mark Sent from my iPhone On Jan 12, 2024, at 12:36 AM, CHRISTINE HANSON wrote: Interesting article. I guess people can get a good price on a Tesla from Hertz. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/hertz-sell-about-20000-evs-us-fleet-2024-01-11/ Have a renewable energy day, Mark Mark E. Hanson 184 Vista Lane Fincastle, VA 24090 540-473-1248 phone & FAX, 540-816-0812 cell REEVA: community service RE & EV project club Website: www.REEVAdiy.org (See Project Gallery) UL Certified PV Installer My RE&EV Circuits: www.EVDL.org/lib/mh REEVA Demo: http://youtu.be/4kqWn2H-rA0 Fincastle Solar Weather Station _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
