Just my opinion... all of the above is a solution to a non existing problem.The government could be pushing EVs for big city use like NYC, Hydrogen powered cars for suburban use and gas for long distance and rural use. It would be simpler to build charging stations in a big city. The Hydrogen powered cars have a much longer range, refuel in minutes and actually help clean the air as they are driven. The gas is already plentiful and easy to find for long distance/rural use. Combine those three with building modern nuclear power plants and you have solved the air pollution and so called climate change problem.
The government could be pushing EVs for big city use like NYC, Hydrogen powered cars for suburban use and gas for long distance and rural use. It would be simpler to build charging stations in a big city. The Hydrogen powered cars have a much longer range, refuel in minutes and actually help clean the air as they are driven. The gas is already plentiful and easy to find for long distance/rural use. Combine those three with building modern nuclear power plants and you have solved the air pollution and so called climate change problem.
this was my thinking, too. It's an added level of complication that inexperienced EV people likely don't want to deal with.The problem for a rental company isn't that there's not demand, but I'd imagine they are a real pain to rent since most hotels dont have chargers. So for a traveler, having to top up without the infrastructure where you're staying, it can be a killer.
When I was traveling on a regular basis an EV would have been fine, wouldn't need to be topped up. It was literally fly in, get a car, got to hotel, next day go to client site for meeting, return to airport and fly home. A lot of folks in my business have similar patterns. What isn't clear is how Hertz was charging for "fuel", I know for gasoline their "we fill it" options are egregious from a cost perspective.The problem for a rental company isn't that there's not demand, but I'd imagine they are a real pain to rent since most hotels dont have chargers. So for a traveler, having to top up without the infrastructure where you're staying, it can be a killer.
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