Hertz and educating renters on how to charge

[Hank42]

I saw this clickbait article A brother and sister had to stop 6 times in 1 day to charge their rented Tesla in cold weather because the battery drained so quickly and thought to myself that's about normal for a ~1400 mile drive.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Orlando,+FL/Wichita,+KS/@33.0407887,-93.8707902,6z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x88e773d8fecdbc77:0xac3b2063ca5bf9e!2m2!1d-81.3789269!2d28.5383832!1m5!1m1!1s0x87badb6ad27f182d:0x9396d5bf74d33d3e!2m2!1d-97.330053!2d37.6871761!3e0

Where's the story? I get that Hertz wants to make the money renting the car, but maybe some more disclaimer about how often a charge is needed for people contemplating driving cross country for the first time in an EV!

 

[Big Earl]

It’s Business Insider. No story - just an agenda.

From what I’ve seen, Hertz has an excellent EV education campaign - better than Tesla themselves.

For what it’s worth, I’d probably stop to charge at least ten times on a 1,400 mile winter trip, but my charging stops would only be about 15-20 minutes, not an hour or more.