Hertz abandons the use of EVs for their rental fleet.

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If the purchase of a vehicle is a choice, that is great.
I just have trouble with mandates for things that are not better than what is already in use and reliable.
I wouldn't care if an electric car is faster than mine. It isn't the speed that interests me in these classics. I love the sounds, the smells and rumble from gasoline powered cars. I don't care much for diesels though. The fuel and exhaust smells of those are not pleasing to me but if you like it, you should have the right to own and drive it.

[AKcharger]

Agree, No mandates, in many place EV's make zero sense, for me they would work and for noise and such I have chargers for that :-)

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I have a friend that works for Enterprise car rentals. She says that an overwhelming majority of customers do NOT want to rent the electric cars that they have in their fleet and WE are in California.
Freedom of choice works.
Automakers are delaying or cancelling their EV programs. The Dodge Charger EVs were a total sales disaster. GM delayed the Silverado EV for 2 years. The Ford Lightning debuted to great fanfare, only to quickly fizzle.
In short, the early adopters of new tech were the ones that bought into the EV hype and that segment of the population is saturated. The rest of us are not as eager to embrace the EV lifestyle.
With all of the changes coming through the EPA, eliminating EV mandates specifically, EV sales have dropped even more.
Again, Freedom of choice works.