National rents EVs! (sort of)
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National rents EVs! (sort of)
http://carrentingreviews.com/2012/06...2-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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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http://carrentingreviews.com/2012/06...2-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.
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.
ACRISS already has a designator on the last letter for fuel type, and Electric is one of them.
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."
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Midsize Electric Reserved @ LAX
I was excited a few weeks ago when I saw "Midsize Electric - Nissan Leaf or similar" as a category and available this weekend on a super cheap weekend rate ($64AI for four days) out of LAX. I'm really interested in trying out the Leaf, so I made the reservation. I'm supposed to pick it up on Fri, 5/2. However I was at LAX a couple days ago and the guy I talked to out at the EA has never seen one there, and had not heard of any coming in. I'm beginning to think I may be out of luck come Fri.
Has anyone seen any EV's at National... Anywhere?? Any advice on what I should ask for if they don't have my reserved category available?
Has anyone seen any EV's at National... Anywhere?? Any advice on what I should ask for if they don't have my reserved category available?
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Just received this email...
Aw, crud.
What I wanna know is... why would they even have a category like this in their system?! I'm hoping it means they might eventually get them in.
I just wanted to get back to you regarding the electric car reservations. I asked around and found out that we will not be having electric cars in our fleet. There was some sort of glitch in our reservations system which allowed some to be booked. I apologize for the mistake, hopefully we will be able to still get you something nice for those rentals.
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