Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Demand for electric car rentals unplugged by range anxiety

Demand for electric car rentals unplugged by range anxiety

It's the hurdle that electric vehicles must clear to be launched into the mainstream: range anxiety. But this time it isn't prospective customers who worry about running out of juice, Bloomberg reports, but renters who return to car rental agencies before their lease is up and trade their EVs in for more traditional gasoline-powered autos and gas-electric hybrids. "People are very keen to try [electric vehicles], but they will switch out of the contract part way through . they think they can't get to a charging station," says Lee Broughton, head of sustainability at Enterprise.

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