Originally Posted by
bhomburg
You can use a supercharger, no problem. It's free, too.
Or any other public charger or wall box at a private residence. Those all have cables attached to plug into the vehicle, so not having one is not an issue
You will need to return the car with at least a 70% charge or Avis will ding you with a charge fee
The staff should at least have told you where to find information if they didn't have anyone familiar with Teslas at the location - there's videos and all sorts of information available on the website:
https://www.avis.com/en/cars/electri...model-3-rental
If it was free supercharging before, it is not now. Here are the terms currently at the same website:
If you rented a Tesla EV, you will be able to access Tesla Superchargers, subject to availability, to recharge Tesla vehicles provided, however any charging fee or idle fee, expense and/or costs to access and utilize the Tesla Supercharges are charged to Avis and will be billed back to you at cost plus a 2.3% administrative fee – these charges may not appear on your final invoice and may be charged to your payment method later due to processing, billing and invoicing requirements; (see Tesla’s website for definition and details about idle fees
https://www.tesla.com/support/supercharger-idle-fee); and the provisions of “Battery Charging Levels at Vehicle Return” shall continue to apply to you.
And when you rent a Tesla, the most important thing to remember is the Supercharger Idle fees. If you are charged to the set % (could be 90% or 100%), and you left it plugged in, you will be charged idle fee of $1.00/min. If you own a Tesla, you will be warned on the app when you are about to be full. But when you rent one, you don't have access to the app, so you won't know when you are about to be full unless you are in the car. You don't want to be eating at a restaurant and got charged a $60 idle fee when you got back because you were 1 hour late getting back.