Back in the days of the old RAV4EV, a good chunk of sales and leases were from two dealers:
Toyota of Hollywood & Toyota of Palo Alto.
Basically they had one dealership handling most of LA, and one handling most of SF bay area.
(Sure there were more, but I think those 2 were the most vocal)
So we are back in "limited availability", "limited release" with the new RAV4EV, and I see special stuff (like the Rental) happening in SoCal.
So, I went over to Toyota Palo Alto to check how they are doing. They just built a new showroom and I assumed that the RAV4EV would be featured there. Well, disappointment. The sales guys said "no one rents a RAV4EV, and we can't even let you test drive one."
I showed them this thread so at least they know the rental is real, but they really don't seem to be doing much to get more people into this car.
(They did mention that they have sold a few though, but I think those must have been pushy customers that demanded to be sold one.)
I think Toyota is doing more with
charge-to-charge than the individual dealers are doing.
My guess is that many dealerships just see this as a fleet sales opportunity...