I love EVs but not sure about renting one on vacation. Imagine you are running late for your flight because your friend needed a last minute burrito. That detour left you with only a few amps, not enough to get to the airport. Now you have to charge, which could take a while! If Hertz was smart, you would be able to leave your car anywhere (including burrito joint parking lots) like an electric scooter in a city.
I don't place a lot of stock in long-term projections about self-driving cars, but you will find some people who think the model you describe is an inevitability -- leave a rental Tesla plugged in at any charging station, and once sufficiently refueled, it will then autonomously make its way back to, say, the Hertz airport lot.
I love EVs but not sure about renting one on vacation. Imagine you are running late for your flight because your friend needed a last minute burrito. That detour left you with only a few amps, not enough to get to the airport. Now you have to charge, which could take a while! If Hertz was smart, you would be able to leave your car anywhere (including burrito joint parking lots) like an electric scooter in a city.
I don't place a lot of stock in long-term projections about self-driving cars, but you will find some people who think the model you describe is an inevitability -- leave a rental Tesla plugged in at any charging station, and once sufficiently refueled, it will then autonomously make its way back to, say, the Hertz airport lot.