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National - National rents EVs! (sort of)View Full Version : National rents EVs! (sort of) drzoidberg Jun 11, 12, 12:20 pm http://carrentingreviews.com/2012/06/11/2012-nissan-leaf/ Turns out that some Enterprise neighborhood locations actually have them for rent.... No barcode seen on the windshield, so I couldn't tell what car classification it'd fall into. dontego Jun 11, 12, 12:56 pm Ha, very cool find. dwbf11 Jun 11, 12, 2:36 pm Interesting that they have a charger installed in the facility. That must mean they are preparing for EV rentals, at least on a small scale. drzoidberg Jun 11, 12, 2:56 pm Interesting that they have a charger installed in the facility. That must mean they are preparing for EV rentals, at least on a small scale. So I followed the plug, and it was connected to a standard power outlet inside the station office. I believe the Leaf can be recharged via a 120 volt household outlet. I think Ford wants to introduce its Ford Focus Electric on a more widespread scale than the Leaf, so perhaps we will be seeing some of those in rental fleets in the near future. Coastercameron Jun 11, 12, 2:58 pm Does the leaf have the option of charging off household voltage with a special cord? If so that may be how they are charging it. It is also not uncommon for commercial buildings to have 220v outlets for powering heavy equipment like pressure washers, that is another possibility. Tuneman1984 Jun 11, 12, 8:10 pm http://carrentingreviews.com/2012/06/11/2012-nissan-leaf/ Turns out that some Enterprise neighborhood locations actually have them for rent.... No barcode seen on the windshield, so I couldn't tell what car classification it'd fall into. Likely "ICAE" ACRISS already has a designator on the last letter for fuel type, and Electric is one of them. So I followed the plug, and it was connected to a standard power outlet inside the station office. I believe the Leaf can be recharged via a 120 volt household outlet. Did you get any indication as to how "refueling" works? Are you expected to bring an electric car back with a certain level of charge or you have to pay for the portion of hydro use to recharge it. I'd hate to find a Leaf on the Emerald Aisle only to get in and find it's got just enough charge to get out of the parkade. I also can't wait for the inevitable "Sorry Mr. Tuneman the Leaf you reserved is not available...Ahmed tripped on the cord during his lunch break." :D timtim2008 Aug 28, 12, 8:04 am anyone rented one before? |