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As a regular Hertz customer, I will still use Hertz. They are mostly zero hassle, even that time I destroyed a Fiat 500 :)

I never rented an EV from them and never would because the charging logistics are a pain in the ass at return. Out of petrol? 10 minutes, run it through the car wash at the same time, sorted. Out of charge? Oh I'm right next to one of the biggest airports in Europe and all the chargers are rammed. No thanks.

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Do Europeans really return their rental cars washed? The only time I've ever washed a rental car in the US was when I drove it off paved roads in violation of the terms of the rental agreement and needed to hide the evidence.

I've never washed a rental car, and I've never heard of anyone doing so.

(Fortunately, last time I drove one on a dirt road there was a heavy rain storm the next day.)

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I’ve never ever washed then though I probably risked a cleaning fee. I’ve returned some very (externally) dirty cars that were in a bunch of forest roads though mostly not really off-road.

I mostly do because I tend to make them all shitty.

What happens when you return it with a lower charge than when you got it? Don’t you just have to pay the difference? Is that more expensive than charging it yourself?

Yup, same as returning an ICE car with a half-empty tank.

It's a flat fee. I forget if it was $25 or $35.

They were pricing EVs at a discount for a trip I took through Atlanta last month. Still came out ahead with the recharge fee.

Waaaay more expensive.

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