If you’re not quite sure if you want to buy an electric car, there’s an alternative to a test drive at a dealership — renting a Nissan Leaf, a Renault Fluence, Kangoo Express of CODA sedan.
Depending up rental car company preference — Avis, Budget or Enterprise — and where in the world you live, several electric vehicles will soon be available for a business trip, vacation or for fun.
Avis Budget Group, which also owns Budget Rent A Car, has ordered 500 Renault Fluence Z.E.’s and Kangoo Express Z.E.’s to rent in France, Spain, Belgium, England, Germany, and Portugal in 2011.
Enterprise, Avis’s rival, has signed a deal with CODA to buy as many as 100 of its sedans in 2011. Enterprise already has a deal with Nissan to purchase many LEAFs for rental.
One unknown is how electric cars will be priced as rental vehicles? And will they be required to be returned with a near-complete charge?
Article Last Updated: September 5, 2013.
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The main problem with electric cars is to have short distance you can go. The new cars can go around 300 km in theory, meaning to have 200 km in practice, which is not enough in daily life.