I made this same trip in Feb (Orlando to Sebring) and rented a 2022 Honda Accord 1.5, one tank of gas was $35 - $40. Saving $25 is not worth the hassle of range anxiety, closed charging stations, bad brakes, downloading a charging app, and waiting for a recharge.
If you are traveling, either for business or pleasure, you usually are time-constrained, and who wants to waste their time looking for a charging station or waiting to charge?
I’ve never had to look at my gas gauge to see if I’m filling my car😂 … kinda funny… every point in the video (except for possibly the last) is exactly why you would never want to rent an EV. By definition you don’t know the area, you don’t know the location and “usual” state of a charging station, you don’t know the safety of the neighborhoods, you don’t know the traffic … and I sure don’t have 1+ extra hrs between meetings, dinner wherever and on to the next hotel ( and pray that charger works /is free) to rinse and repeat.
I’ve rented a Tesla from Hertz San Francisco to LA was $14 as we left during discounted charging time 11pm to 4am. My regular daily w213 E63s gets 8mpg 🤣 ain’t catching me in rental nissan. Tesla updates you daily on the status of the supercharger and how many are open.. now I wouldn’t rent another ev as electrified America is dog shit
EVs tell you were the chargers are and when you need to go to one. You would have to be a complete moron to mess it up. Even if you’re in an area you’re unfamiliar with.
@@craigcampbell1843 Sounds very convenient. Here's all the chargers, hope they _actually_ work when you get there! And just because the map says they're working, doesn't mean they are. The charging infrastructure just isn't good or reliable enough yet. I wouldn't mind it so much if the chargers were reliable, and faster.
@@craigcampbell1843 as per the video… they mess up often… and are off-line and non-functional much of the time… and most of the time are in non-high traffic areas (backs of parking lots, etc.)
I’ve rented Teslas twice and tinkered with everything… downloaded the app and connected my phone to it, used it as the key… used the summon feature to remote control it, full self driving auto pilot… pressed every button and menu item there is. I absolutely loved the cars. I’ve also rented many other cool cars… Dodge Viper, BMW i8 (twice), Audi R8, McLaren MP4-12C, Ferrari GTC4LUSSO, Dodge RAM 1500 full soecs, Ford Expedition full specs, Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, etc… and in every case I tinker with everything… all menus, features, lights, etc. It takes some time but you really learn about the car and adjust it to the settings you like the most.
On paper EVs should make for great rentals but the list of pitfalls are long and productive time with the vehicle is literally what you are paying for. It's 11pm and all chargers are inoperative at the hotel and the kids are tired? Your busy tourist destination has no available chargers for miles? Your card for some reason won't work at multiple chargers? The car just randomly decides to not except a charge half way through the trip? etc.. etc.. so many annoyances.. all that to save $40-50 in gas? nah
Worst part is you don't save anything on gas. I had one for a week and kept track. I could have rented a car that got 25 mpg and it would have saved me money.
You can check if the charger is working or occupied on Chargepoint, cards work on whatever charger, you just hook your card up to Chargepoint and then scan the station with Chargepoint.
@@bubba99009 the only way you could have possible did that is if you drove constantly, left your vehicle on a Tesla supercharger for hours on end and wracked up idle fees, and drove like an impatient teenager.
You'd be charging more than actually driving and for a rental time is literally money. Then you got to put in the unexpected factors when going to a charging station which are still very unpredictable.
is that why all the major rental companies are dumping their electric fleets. not to mention the cost to properly store these bombs of cars. hertz had to build concrete stalls for each electric car and store them away from buildings. theres a reason electric car charging is always at the back of the lot thats fire code
You really shouldn't have left the car at the dc charger all night. I guess it's not charging idle fees or you would if been hosed. There's a bank of level 2 chargers on other side for overnight parking.
Ok so what happens if you have an emergency before the charging is complete? Say you absolutely have to get home immediately. Or insert emergency here. Your at the whim of the car instead of your choosing and means.
Yea....a not so good scenario: Elderly parents who are not so techy savvy + EV rental, who panicked a little when the EV ran low on juice and couldn’t find a charging station.
Well yeah, he was going to the middle of nowhere. An EV in a developed area will be more convenient than gas if anything, you wont have to pay overpriced gas, you unplug your car from the hotel and are ready to drive all you want and plug it back in, how is that a pain?
@phantom4167 , there are a few reasons. The simplest is the fact that it takes a minimum of 45 min to charge an EV, whereas it takes 5 min to fuel up an ICE vehicle. And if, for whatever reason, you don't have the time to sit and wait, it could make the situation much worse.
I have rented a Polestar in the past and I can confirm the rental company just didn't maintain it properly. The brakes felt like normal brakes, and drove to from Dulles - South PA no issues.
@@christoner2666 Even though Tesla's are one of the best cars to rent out on Turo rn. You're really pushing the case that you're actually the idiot here for not understanding basic business concepts. Follow trends to make money
On my roadtrips... i guess it's not time for electric yet... Done 9600 miles in 2015 in 1.5 months, 16.000 miles in 2019 in 2.5 months.. seen most states now ;)
Tome vs money. It took Rob to a private charging station he could not get to. How much time did he waste? Be sure to buy the collision damage waiver in case it goes up in flames so you don't have to pay big bux for the car.....
Tesla charges $1 a minute for idle time at their super chargers lol... so you can't even go watch a movie or anything while it charges or you'd end up paying $60 in idle fees. I rented a full electric once and the cost was more than buying gas and wasted hours and hours charging the stupid thing.
@@bubba99009 sounds like youre mad you just didn’t pay attention to when your Tesla was done charging. Your phone will blow you up with notifications too when its almost done, it’s hard to miss
@@phantom4167 I never paid any idle fees at all, even when Tesla changed my max fill to 80% from 100% without asking me... I sat there waiting for it to charge. Also if you rent through turo you can't use the app since it's not set up for rentals like if you get one from Hertz... the owner would be getting the notifications on his phone that it is full. The idle fees are annoying just because you can't do anything while it charges... it's just terribly inconvenient to have to charge versus just filling gas.
@@phantom4167, if he was at a movie theater that was very busy, he'd have to leave it to find another parking spot in a packed lot. Either waste your money on the movie or pay the idle fee.
You will never convince me that electric cars are better. But let's say Gretas wet dream comes true, and everyone goes electric. First, do you think any city in America is prepared for the massive infrastructure upgrades that will have to done? Imagine turning every parking meter into a metered charging station. Or putting chargers in every parking garage and lot. Say you live in an apartment complex with parking. Who pays to have chargers installed, landlords or tenants? What if you live in a 3rd floor walk up with free street parking? Are people going to run extension cords from their windows? My point is that we're not even close to being ready for an EV revolution.
Nope. Renting an EV is the worst. Did it last year in Austin TX and never again. Finding chargers was a pain - drove all the way out of the way to charge and it was in a paid parking garage. Nope, then had to sit in a target parking lot for over an hour at 2am so I could make sure I return it at its original charge by the time I got back to the airport. Horrible experience and would never do again. Easier to just fill up at ANY gas station. Terrible terrible terrible. Only makes sense if you have a charger at home and doing local driving
I might one day rent an electric car, but I won't buy one unless something dramatic changes with their spare parts costs. Even if it's true that their failure rate is lower than a gas car, the cost if yours fails is horrific. Gas car fails, get Jeff to chuck in a new part for a few hundred or spin the spanner yourself and your back on the road, EV fails... tow it to authorized EV repairer who will NOT repair the most likely failure, the battery, only replace it at vast expense, and if you try to fix it yourself the part is "smart" and communicates to the rest of the car to say it isn't original so the whole car won't run. To rent a car I couldn't care less about the maintenance issues, so renting an EV could well be the right choice, but buying an EV, nope, can't see anything on the horizon that looks like a normal ownership experiance coming and until the manufacturers change that I can't buy what they're selling. I guess the world will pass me by and I'll be that dude driving his "old classic car" everyday... so be it.
Rob your flawed logic is mind boggling on this one.Tge electric cars traditionally are NOT the same price the gas is cheaper plus you put the gas in within 10 miles of airport save your receipt show it and poof no charge Now I was just in Florida the charging network sucked I was in gas but looking.
I'm sorry but most EV owners are ignorant. This most definitely includes you. The real cost per "mpg" for a EV is $17. The amount of time wasted sitting for it to fill up is a loss. Every person i see driving a EV is constantly stressed the whole time worrying about if it 's going to make it or not. Just face the reality that the world is not ready for EVs. Infrastructure is not in place, and battery technology is NOT ready for mainstream. They are only good as a second or 3rd car for local driving, IF you own your own home and can have a charger installed.
You know there's whole world outside of USA: There's so called 220-240 volt household mains current "system" at the whole world, except the USA with 110V system =D The charging is 100% more convenient at your own house when every single household socket gives you 220-240V. Literally all the charging times are almost 100% faster and you not need to drive the vehicle to the charging station. There's 22kwh home charging ability in my home garage, that''s faster than some of the public charging stations in the USA does have =D Plus for all the DIY mechanics out there: Your garage power tools have much more power with 220-240V. Lets say the USA is not ready for EV's, rest of the world (EU, Japan, Australia, even fucking Russia :D :D) actually has been for a long time.
@@Gadne92.5 yeah, Russia. Nice joke here. Most of the people in Russia live in apartments in multi-story buildings, don't own a garage and have no easy way to charge their car at night because of that. The max you're getting out of a regular 240V European home outlet is 3.5kW, and while it is indeed 100% better than the measly 1750W limit of a typical American outlet it's still not good enough. Your garage charger must be using 100A to provide 22kW and that's a completely different story, not everyone can get a dedicated 100A circuit installed in their home, definitely not those living in a city apartment. Also, not sure if you're aware, but houses in the US use split-phase electric power, where we have 240V for the power-hungry appliances like stove, dryer, AC or (you guessed it!) electric car level 2 charger installed in your garage that provides 12kW with 50A wiring.
This Goober has been wrong about everything in every video he posts --- I guess the fact that Hertz just dumped it 20,000 EV fleet due to many problems didn't fit in the BS here? LOL...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@jameswinward4354That has nothing to do with himself stating he thought the intro was bad. So your opinion is noted but not relevant. You would have known this if you have been following the channel as long as I have.
@@goltzhar I've been watching for 13+ years, since the 3rd DVD. The intro really isn't that important, his time is better spent doing other things. He should just pay somebody to make him a new one if he hates it that much as you portray. I haven't heard him complain about it enough for it to be a top priority in his life. Who cares.
@@GobbbbbI do not portray anything... and I never said he "complained" about it. I just made a comment about he saying he did not like the intro (years ago) and was going to change it. THAT's It... If you haven't payed enough attention (in 13 years) that's on you.
@@goltzhar Fair enough, but you said he's been saying it for years, not that he said it years ago. It sounded like you're saying he's been going on about it every week. I can't watch every single video in full bud, I wish I had the time for that, but I don't. I've been paying attention, I just don't remember everything Rob has said for the last few years because I have other priorities. Since he hasn't changed the intro in that amount of time, it clearly doesn't bother him that much and isn't a priority. Rob isn't a lazy person, that should be evident having watched for so long.
@@phantom4167 You don't save any money if you are using public chargers. You'd pay less to fill gas on any normal car than charging an EV and don't have to waste hours of your life looking for and waiting at chargers. There's a reason Hertz dumped their fleet.
@@bubba99009 filling an ev is like $8 in most places, even if it was double that for 200 miles it’s still half the price of a gas car. What’s your point?
@@phantom4167 Tesla charges 30-42 cents per kwh right now... and 95% of them are 42 cents per kwh. So about $25 to fill a standard range car. I kept track of every dime I paid and every minute I waited when I had one for a week because I was curious how it would compare.
You made content out of this so maybe you didn’t care exactly how much &$£€ you went through with that car. It’s definitely a big no generally when vacationing to get an EV. My vacation time is too precious as I’m not monitizing my time getting wasted like you are.
@@phantom4167 Yea - though if you are forced to use public chargers it'll cost you more than gas and waste hours of your life. Some Turos will tell you that you need to fill to 100%. So plan on an hour plus to recharge on the way to the airport. And a gas car will still say it's full even if you filled 20 miles from the airport. An electric car will start ticking down while you are pulling out of the parking lot. Horrible advice.
how is it bad advice? its better advice for most people going on vacation if anything. Most developed areas have chargers everywhere, most people are vacationing to developed areas, not a bad thing.
@@yungkidnf How am i that? Is it because ive owned an ev for multiple years and understand how they work? is it because im not pushing the big oil agenda?
Interesting point of view. I tried to change my upcoming(AVIS) rentals to an EV but they want much more money for an EV than a traditional midsize/premium car… what rental do you use that has such a cheap Polestar?
When I last hired an electric car, the rental company wanted it returned with the same % I got it with. It was a 20 minute detour to charge and return.
When I drove to Atlanta, so 5 hours away, I had to stop and charge my Bolt each way, so I stop and get food while it is charging as it takes about an hour.
sometime you are just dumb and surface level. most who hire cars dont want to have to deal with phone apps, ev charging times, ev charge distance worry, are they broken (alot of them are) insurance risk as evs are much higher insurance than normal, cold weather means charging takes way longer and lasts less AND the charging spots are all filled. and cant go on a far trip without it sucking. getting scammed by renter saying you need to bring it back at 90% yet it can only reach 90% yes that was real and people had to pay a rechargin fee. sounds great
🤢 6:35 🤮 7h 48min on RAPID-charger is UTTERLY DOUCHEbaggy behaviour! 🤮 only 2 plugs and the other one doesn't seem to be CCS so who knows how many other EVs, your OVERSTAY hogging, turned away, desperately searching for quick top-up during night...🤬
Haha Tesla brain blown by blended braking (regen switching to friction brakes). Tesla likely couldn’t make blended braking work (the only EV without it) so they decided to spin one pedal driving as an innovation.
So you're from out of town You don't know the area and you're going to rent an electric car that has to be charged what is not right about this whole plan
That’s probably the kind of thing that won’t rent well, why rent a Taycan when you can rent a Lamborghini for the same money? If you’re rich and renting a supercar you don’t care about the cost of gas, ofc you’ll pick the Lamborghini
diesel electric hybrids are the answer. get the max out of the diesel engine with all the power of electric. my little tdi jetta goes from cincinnati to the florida border on one tank of fuel
When you brake on EV cars, it's mostly using regen to brake and engages real brake pads only in emergency case. I'm pretty sure there should be an option for single pedal driving in Polestar just like you have it enabled in your Tesla. I rented EVs twice (Hertz and Avis), in both cases I had to return it with 80% charge.
No, just completely wrong. The 12v battery is needed for starting. The alternator could keep a car running without a battery all day long, till it runs out of fuel.
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@RedPanda_______ yeah, the stress made his hair fall out and he had to buy more, though.
@RedPanda_______ Huge house not paid for and cars not paid for--are you joking?
I made this same trip in Feb (Orlando to Sebring) and rented a 2022 Honda Accord 1.5, one tank of gas was $35 - $40. Saving $25 is not worth the hassle of range anxiety, closed charging stations, bad brakes, downloading a charging app, and waiting for a recharge.
Mr. Spaghetti explains why microwaving your pasta is better than grilling it
Getting old
too much but funny lol
I too take advice from a proven failure. Trump it up
Half the reason I watch these videos is for the Mr spaghetti comments
@@snowboardintahoe this is funny, I might have to make some Garlic bread for his comments...😅🤣🤣🤣😂
If you are traveling, either for business or pleasure, you usually are time-constrained, and who wants to waste their time looking for a charging station or waiting to charge?
this helped decide to rent a regular gas car to travel 750,000 miles son
I’ve never had to look at my gas gauge to see if I’m filling my car😂 … kinda funny… every point in the video (except for possibly the last) is exactly why you would never want to rent an EV. By definition you don’t know the area, you don’t know the location and “usual” state of a charging station, you don’t know the safety of the neighborhoods, you don’t know the traffic … and I sure don’t have 1+ extra hrs between meetings, dinner wherever and on to the next hotel ( and pray that charger works /is free) to rinse and repeat.
b..b..but I saved 30 bucks at least!!!! 😂😂🤡
I’ve rented a Tesla from Hertz San Francisco to LA was $14 as we left during discounted charging time 11pm to 4am. My regular daily w213 E63s gets 8mpg 🤣 ain’t catching me in rental nissan. Tesla updates you daily on the status of the supercharger and how many are open.. now I wouldn’t rent another ev as electrified America is dog shit
EVs tell you were the chargers are and when you need to go to one. You would have to be a complete moron to mess it up. Even if you’re in an area you’re unfamiliar with.
@@craigcampbell1843 Sounds very convenient. Here's all the chargers, hope they _actually_ work when you get there!
And just because the map says they're working, doesn't mean they are. The charging infrastructure just isn't good or reliable enough yet. I wouldn't mind it so much if the chargers were reliable, and faster.
@@craigcampbell1843 as per the video… they mess up often… and are off-line and non-functional much of the time… and most of the time are in non-high traffic areas (backs of parking lots, etc.)
I’ve rented Teslas twice and tinkered with everything… downloaded the app and connected my phone to it, used it as the key… used the summon feature to remote control it, full self driving auto pilot… pressed every button and menu item there is. I absolutely loved the cars.
I’ve also rented many other cool cars… Dodge Viper, BMW i8 (twice), Audi R8, McLaren MP4-12C, Ferrari GTC4LUSSO, Dodge RAM 1500 full soecs, Ford Expedition full specs, Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, etc… and in every case I tinker with everything… all menus, features, lights, etc.
It takes some time but you really learn about the car and adjust it to the settings you like the most.
On paper EVs should make for great rentals but the list of pitfalls are long and productive time with the vehicle is literally what you are paying for. It's 11pm and all chargers are inoperative at the hotel and the kids are tired? Your busy tourist destination has no available chargers for miles? Your card for some reason won't work at multiple chargers? The car just randomly decides to not except a charge half way through the trip? etc.. etc.. so many annoyances.. all that to save $40-50 in gas? nah
Worst part is you don't save anything on gas. I had one for a week and kept track. I could have rented a car that got 25 mpg and it would have saved me money.
You can check if the charger is working or occupied on Chargepoint, cards work on whatever charger, you just hook your card up to Chargepoint and then scan the station with Chargepoint.
@@bubba99009 the only way you could have possible did that is if you drove constantly, left your vehicle on a Tesla supercharger for hours on end and wracked up idle fees, and drove like an impatient teenager.
@@phantom4167 why do I have to link my credit card to some stupid app and can't just tap it on the charging box like I do with regular gas pumps?
@@d.o.5238 It links your phone and card to the charger, not my problem you dont like their system.
You'd be charging more than actually driving and for a rental time is literally money. Then you got to put in the unexpected factors when going to a charging station which are still very unpredictable.
Rental car company's usually turn off the regen braking so that people that aren't used to it don't get confused lol
The polestar has blended brake pedal, so pressing on the brake pedal IS regen
is that why all the major rental companies are dumping their electric fleets. not to mention the cost to properly store these bombs of cars. hertz had to build concrete stalls for each electric car and store them away from buildings. theres a reason electric car charging is always at the back of the lot thats fire code
U forgot to mention alligators when you talked about problems with getting stranded in begring.
You really shouldn't have left the car at the dc charger all night. I guess it's not charging idle fees or you would if been hosed. There's a bank of level 2 chargers on other side for overnight parking.
If you cancel the charge before its complete on the Chargepoint app it doesnt charge an idle fee.
Yea parking all night connected to a Tesla charger will set you back hundreds of dollars.
Ok so what happens if you have an emergency before the charging is complete? Say you absolutely have to get home immediately. Or insert emergency here. Your at the whim of the car instead of your choosing and means.
Gotta get a uber lol
You can unplug it mid charge, just like how you can let go of the handle on a gas pump to make it stop pumping, and then hang it up and go.
lol at you being so obtuse@@TheCobruhAlienat0r
Pushing EVs now too? Nah you’ve lost me
No big lose
He has bought like three Teslas and currently has two. 😂
Its NJ
Yea....a not so good scenario: Elderly parents who are not so techy savvy + EV rental, who panicked a little when the EV ran low on juice and couldn’t find a charging station.
I was at enterprise the other day and the sales rep was on the phone with a woman who didn’t know how to use the push button start on a gas car.
Some of the cost of the car might be because it is fittet with something as exclusive at a speedometer.. And a few buttons.
You’re joking right?
A colossal pain in the ass vs 2 minutes at a gas pump.
🤡🤡🤡🤡
Well yeah, he was going to the middle of nowhere. An EV in a developed area will be more convenient than gas if anything, you wont have to pay overpriced gas, you unplug your car from the hotel and are ready to drive all you want and plug it back in, how is that a pain?
@phantom4167 , there are a few reasons. The simplest is the fact that it takes a minimum of 45 min to charge an EV, whereas it takes 5 min to fuel up an ICE vehicle. And if, for whatever reason, you don't have the time to sit and wait, it could make the situation much worse.
@@phantom4167.
@@yungkidnf Usually takes my bolt under 20 mins from 0-90% first is a lie. Can you fill your tank up while youre in a shopping mall?
@@phantom4167I rented a Tesla and had to pay for charging, it was more expensive than renting a gas car
Check out the enormous cobwebs in the background! Spider nests in cars are a nightmare.
I have rented a Polestar in the past and I can confirm the rental company just didn't maintain it properly. The brakes felt like normal brakes, and drove to from Dulles - South PA no issues.
🎉I’m a turo host with a bunch of gas cars but I’m changing over to All teslas
You won! Congrats! Identify the idiot is over!
I’ve rented Tesla’s on Turo twice. Absolutely loved the cars and the Turo experience was good as well.
What happened when Herts switched to all EVs in 2021? Nobody rented them and most people wanted the ICE that were still left
@@christoner2666 Even though Tesla's are one of the best cars to rent out on Turo rn. You're really pushing the case that you're actually the idiot here for not understanding basic business concepts. Follow trends to make money
@@scottlarsh3119 Also because they charged way too much for them and they bought way too many of them.
Really? Promotion to an online beting site, an actually old & known scam?
It shows how much respect you have for your viewrs.
On my roadtrips... i guess it's not time for electric yet... Done 9600 miles in 2015 in 1.5 months, 16.000 miles in 2019 in 2.5 months.. seen most states now ;)
The polestar has blended brakes, so pressing on the brake pedal regens the battery.
Tome vs money. It took Rob to a private charging station he could not get to. How much time did he waste? Be sure to buy the collision damage waiver in case it goes up in flames so you don't have to pay big bux for the car.....
“Aging wheels” has a pretty cool channel and he loves his polestar. Pretty sure regen is available
Rob said he specifically doesn't change settings on his rentals so no wonder... 😂
You had 1 1/2 hour charge time to full and you left it parked all night? Do charging stations let you stay in the spot after your car is charged full?
Tesla charges $1 a minute for idle time at their super chargers lol... so you can't even go watch a movie or anything while it charges or you'd end up paying $60 in idle fees. I rented a full electric once and the cost was more than buying gas and wasted hours and hours charging the stupid thing.
Yeah, some charge for parking, most dont.
@@bubba99009 sounds like youre mad you just didn’t pay attention to when your Tesla was done charging. Your phone will blow you up with notifications too when its almost done, it’s hard to miss
@@phantom4167 I never paid any idle fees at all, even when Tesla changed my max fill to 80% from 100% without asking me... I sat there waiting for it to charge. Also if you rent through turo you can't use the app since it's not set up for rentals like if you get one from Hertz... the owner would be getting the notifications on his phone that it is full. The idle fees are annoying just because you can't do anything while it charges... it's just terribly inconvenient to have to charge versus just filling gas.
@@phantom4167, if he was at a movie theater that was very busy, he'd have to leave it to find another parking spot in a packed lot. Either waste your money on the movie or pay the idle fee.
God in heaven, still with all the Mr Spaghetti comments. C’mon boys. Ship has sailed, we can do better.
Was that from turo or a big rental company?
Charging isn’t that cheap. I rented a gensis g80e in Texas and it was like $30 every time I charged from 20-100%.
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Did you go to the 12 hours of Sebring?
You will never convince me that electric cars are better. But let's say Gretas wet dream comes true, and everyone goes electric. First, do you think any city in America is prepared for the massive infrastructure upgrades that will have to done? Imagine turning every parking meter into a metered charging station. Or putting chargers in every parking garage and lot. Say you live in an apartment complex with parking. Who pays to have chargers installed, landlords or tenants? What if you live in a 3rd floor walk up with free street parking? Are people going to run extension cords from their windows? My point is that we're not even close to being ready for an EV revolution.
I will never rent a electric car ever again. 🎉 range anxiety right off the rip is not what I want when im on a trip.
Nope. Renting an EV is the worst. Did it last year in Austin TX and never again. Finding chargers was a pain - drove all the way out of the way to charge and it was in a paid parking garage. Nope, then had to sit in a target parking lot for over an hour at 2am so I could make sure I return it at its original charge by the time I got back to the airport. Horrible experience and would never do again. Easier to just fill up at ANY gas station. Terrible terrible terrible. Only makes sense if you have a charger at home and doing local driving
You know what is even smarter,not to live it's enough to exist...
Makes sense
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As the CEO of Hertz resigns because his bet on electric vehicles did not pay out for their fleet.
Even my little ass town as EV parking down town.
Electric cars: Yes I want EMF's giving me a massage while I drive for cancer treatment.
Didn’t you own a volt? You said you only had teslas
Volt is a plug in hybrid.
Volt is a hybrid, not an EV.
Nope, not gonna do it
I might one day rent an electric car, but I won't buy one unless something dramatic changes with their spare parts costs. Even if it's true that their failure rate is lower than a gas car, the cost if yours fails is horrific.
Gas car fails, get Jeff to chuck in a new part for a few hundred or spin the spanner yourself and your back on the road, EV fails... tow it to authorized EV repairer who will NOT repair the most likely failure, the battery, only replace it at vast expense, and if you try to fix it yourself the part is "smart" and communicates to the rest of the car to say it isn't original so the whole car won't run.
To rent a car I couldn't care less about the maintenance issues, so renting an EV could well be the right choice, but buying an EV, nope, can't see anything on the horizon that looks like a normal ownership experiance coming and until the manufacturers change that I can't buy what they're selling.
I guess the world will pass me by and I'll be that dude driving his "old classic car" everyday... so be it.
Rob your flawed logic is mind boggling on this one.Tge electric cars traditionally are NOT the same price the gas is cheaper plus you put the gas in within 10 miles of airport save your receipt show it and poof no charge Now I was just in Florida the charging network sucked I was in gas but looking.
Network in Miami is just fine, we rented a Tesla to drive around Fort Lauderdale and Miami and had 0 issues.
I'm sorry but most EV owners are ignorant. This most definitely includes you. The real cost per "mpg" for a EV is $17. The amount of time wasted sitting for it to fill up is a loss. Every person i see driving a EV is constantly stressed the whole time worrying about if it 's going to make it or not. Just face the reality that the world is not ready for EVs. Infrastructure is not in place, and battery technology is NOT ready for mainstream. They are only good as a second or 3rd car for local driving, IF you own your own home and can have a charger installed.
You know there's whole world outside of USA: There's so called 220-240 volt household mains current "system" at the whole world, except the USA with 110V system =D
The charging is 100% more convenient at your own house when every single household socket gives you 220-240V. Literally all the charging times are almost 100% faster and you not need to drive the vehicle to the charging station. There's 22kwh home charging ability in my home garage, that''s faster than some of the public charging stations in the USA does have =D Plus for all the DIY mechanics out there: Your garage power tools have much more power with 220-240V.
Lets say the USA is not ready for EV's, rest of the world (EU, Japan, Australia, even fucking Russia :D :D) actually has been for a long time.
@@Gadne92.5 yeah, Russia. Nice joke here. Most of the people in Russia live in apartments in multi-story buildings, don't own a garage and have no easy way to charge their car at night because of that.
The max you're getting out of a regular 240V European home outlet is 3.5kW, and while it is indeed 100% better than the measly 1750W limit of a typical American outlet it's still not good enough. Your garage charger must be using 100A to provide 22kW and that's a completely different story, not everyone can get a dedicated 100A circuit installed in their home, definitely not those living in a city apartment.
Also, not sure if you're aware, but houses in the US use split-phase electric power, where we have 240V for the power-hungry appliances like stove, dryer, AC or (you guessed it!) electric car level 2 charger installed in your garage that provides 12kW with 50A wiring.
The only downside to an electric vehicle is the amount of time it takes to charge? You're too funny.
no
sorry but no, that just promotes the big electric lie
I'm allergic to electric cars.
This video makes me NEVER want an EV! LOL
This Goober has been wrong about everything in every video he posts --- I guess the fact that Hertz just dumped it 20,000 EV fleet due to many problems didn't fit in the BS here? LOL...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you mr spaghetti
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Change the INTRO bro... you have said it for YEARS now, nothing .....lazy or procrastination ?
The intro is perfect except no electric cars in it
@@jameswinward4354That has nothing to do with himself stating he thought the intro was bad. So your opinion is noted but not relevant. You would have known this if you have been following the channel as long as I have.
@@goltzhar I've been watching for 13+ years, since the 3rd DVD. The intro really isn't that important, his time is better spent doing other things. He should just pay somebody to make him a new one if he hates it that much as you portray. I haven't heard him complain about it enough for it to be a top priority in his life. Who cares.
@@GobbbbbI do not portray anything... and I never said he "complained" about it. I just made a comment about he saying he did not like the intro (years ago) and was going to change it. THAT's It... If you haven't payed enough attention (in 13 years) that's on you.
@@goltzhar Fair enough, but you said he's been saying it for years, not that he said it years ago. It sounded like you're saying he's been going on about it every week.
I can't watch every single video in full bud, I wish I had the time for that, but I don't. I've been paying attention, I just don't remember everything Rob has said for the last few years because I have other priorities.
Since he hasn't changed the intro in that amount of time, it clearly doesn't bother him that much and isn't a priority. Rob isn't a lazy person, that should be evident having watched for so long.
You look old now
What stupid advice! Electric vehicles are for fools..
How are they for fools? Is saving money and enjoying having a fully charged car a fools move?
@@phantom4167 You don't save any money if you are using public chargers. You'd pay less to fill gas on any normal car than charging an EV and don't have to waste hours of your life looking for and waiting at chargers. There's a reason Hertz dumped their fleet.
@@bubba99009 filling an ev is like $8 in most places, even if it was double that for 200 miles it’s still half the price of a gas car. What’s your point?
@@phantom4167 Tesla charges 30-42 cents per kwh right now... and 95% of them are 42 cents per kwh. So about $25 to fill a standard range car. I kept track of every dime I paid and every minute I waited when I had one for a week because I was curious how it would compare.
@@phantom4167 I can answer tht question for you. There is no point, some people are allergic to facts.
You made content out of this so maybe you didn’t care exactly how much &$£€ you went through with that car. It’s definitely a big no generally when vacationing to get an EV. My vacation time is too precious as I’m not monitizing my time getting wasted like you are.
I disagree, I told you the scenarios that make sense to rent electric, and that covers most of my travel.
@@superspeedersBad info, bad takes…
Wow this is a rough crowd. Can’t Superspeeders Rob get a break?
Depends on the circumstances, youll probably save time and money if you can charge it at your hotel if anything because you dont have to fill up gas.
@@phantom4167 Yea - though if you are forced to use public chargers it'll cost you more than gas and waste hours of your life. Some Turos will tell you that you need to fill to 100%. So plan on an hour plus to recharge on the way to the airport. And a gas car will still say it's full even if you filled 20 miles from the airport. An electric car will start ticking down while you are pulling out of the parking lot. Horrible advice.
The taint of Florida, ha ha 😅
Winter
are you kidding me... this is horrendous wait . parking lot pimping in present time hahahahha
Hmm, we were in Orlando at the same time. I rented a BMW 7 series and that was the best move ever.
Congrats, open your UA-cam channel and tell your story
Rob, you give the worst advice ever... Lol.
how is it bad advice? its better advice for most people going on vacation if anything. Most developed areas have chargers everywhere, most people are vacationing to developed areas, not a bad thing.
@@phantom4167 Yeah bro.. great plan, save a few dollars by wasting hours while on vacation.. okay.
@phantom4167 you *really* seem like the wannabe patron Saint of electric vehicles here... Rob's not going to notice you, bro.
@@phantom4167.
@@yungkidnf How am i that? Is it because ive owned an ev for multiple years and understand how they work? is it because im not pushing the big oil agenda?
I find a lot of times the charging stations are horrendously overpriced, behind valet parking, or broken.
Interesting point of view. I tried to change my upcoming(AVIS) rentals to an EV but they want much more money for an EV than a traditional midsize/premium car… what rental do you use that has such a cheap Polestar?
He showed a screenshot from Budget when discussing how they were the same price.
When I last hired an electric car, the rental company wanted it returned with the same % I got it with. It was a 20 minute detour to charge and return.
Rob when you press the brake pedal it uses regen you can see it in the gauge but it blends to the brakes if you press the pedal hard.
Borrrrringgg
Rob with the nuts and voltz. Mr. practicality. Logic wins in this circumstance. A majority circumstance.
6:40 $6 is better than $36 at the pump. I guess…..maybe…….
When I drove to Atlanta, so 5 hours away, I had to stop and charge my Bolt each way, so I stop and get food while it is charging as it takes about an hour.
sometime you are just dumb and surface level. most who hire cars dont want to have to deal with phone apps, ev charging times, ev charge distance worry, are they broken (alot of them are) insurance risk as evs are much higher insurance than normal, cold weather means charging takes way longer and lasts less AND the charging spots are all filled. and cant go on a far trip without it sucking. getting scammed by renter saying you need to bring it back at 90% yet it can only reach 90% yes that was real and people had to pay a rechargin fee.
sounds great
Youre advertising betting? Is that seriously legal?
🤢 6:35 🤮 7h 48min on RAPID-charger is UTTERLY DOUCHEbaggy behaviour! 🤮
only 2 plugs and the other one doesn't seem to be CCS so who knows how many other EVs, your OVERSTAY hogging, turned away, desperately searching for quick top-up during night...🤬
Haha Tesla brain blown by blended braking (regen switching to friction brakes). Tesla likely couldn’t make blended braking work (the only EV without it) so they decided to spin one pedal driving as an innovation.
So you're from out of town You don't know the area and you're going to rent an electric car that has to be charged what is not right about this whole plan
ChargePoint takes forever to charge a car though. It’s annoying that my house charger is quicker.
So when will you buy a fully electric supercar for your rental fleet? I agree locally electric makes alot of sense too me
That’s probably the kind of thing that won’t rent well, why rent a Taycan when you can rent a Lamborghini for the same money? If you’re rich and renting a supercar you don’t care about the cost of gas, ofc you’ll pick the Lamborghini
@@phantom4167taycan isn't a "super car" by ANY stretch of the imagination. A remac is, though. There aren't any production electric super cars yet.
@@yungkidnf that Taycan turbo s is a supercar by every means. High cost, 200+mph top speed, under 3 second 0-60, good to track, its 100% a supercar.
worst advice ever.
best . ;)
diesel electric hybrids are the answer. get the max out of the diesel engine with all the power of electric. my little tdi jetta goes from cincinnati to the florida border on one tank of fuel
Giving with 80% with that little of range is crazy, should be 100% that's more equal to 1/2 tank gas range.
Thanks Rob
YES! I always wanted to land somewhere after a long flight, get into my rental and sit at a charger for an hour before I can get to my hotel.
as Klaus Schwab would say "sit tired and dirty next to a charghing station and be happy because you don't own nothing"
When you brake on EV cars, it's mostly using regen to brake and engages real brake pads only in emergency case. I'm pretty sure there should be an option for single pedal driving in Polestar just like you have it enabled in your Tesla. I rented EVs twice (Hertz and Avis), in both cases I had to return it with 80% charge.
??? ICE are electric... battery is needed for spark plugs LOL wtf
No, just completely wrong. The 12v battery is needed for starting. The alternator could keep a car running without a battery all day long, till it runs out of fuel.
@@Gobbbbb naw if the alternator fails you can only get 5 miles.. electrical car batteries have huge battery capacity.. learn something useful
@@Gobbbbb the spark rotates the motor dummy... spark rotates engines in ICE units, too.. wow what a narcissist
@@Hectorszenshopedc, you practice a strange type of trolling...
@@yungkidnf the new kind with science facts, LMAO