The chief executive of Bílaleiga Akureyrar says it is not car rental companies standing in the way of electrifying the vehicle fleet, but tourists who do not want electric cars.
Got a petrol car for €60 for about a week. I did look up the equivalent electric. Maybe it’s an issue of supply and demand, but the for the same time it was about €200. Kind of a no brainer from the consumer point of view.
If you’re a tourist you also need to factor time into that. Since time is at a premium. 5 minutes at the gas station vs 20 minutes waiting to charge makes a lot more of a difference on a trip.
But we’re also talking about Europe vs. North America, where there is a good chance your destination is within a charge of wherever you’re staying, in which case just charging at or near your hotel costs basically nothing.
I rented EVs and ICEs for doing the same 1000km trip in Switzerland. Europcar offered to bring back the car empty, so one charge was included. The extra cost of the EV was offset by the fuel savings then, even when charging at expensive highway chargers. The difference was quite small tho
Got a petrol car for €60 for about a week. I did look up the equivalent electric. Maybe it’s an issue of supply and demand, but the for the same time it was about €200. Kind of a no brainer from the consumer point of view.
How much did you spend on gas for that week? In Europe, from what I’ve heard, you would break even at 2 or maybe 3 tanks of gas.
If you’re a tourist you also need to factor time into that. Since time is at a premium. 5 minutes at the gas station vs 20 minutes waiting to charge makes a lot more of a difference on a trip.
But we’re also talking about Europe vs. North America, where there is a good chance your destination is within a charge of wherever you’re staying, in which case just charging at or near your hotel costs basically nothing.
I rented EVs and ICEs for doing the same 1000km trip in Switzerland. Europcar offered to bring back the car empty, so one charge was included. The extra cost of the EV was offset by the fuel savings then, even when charging at expensive highway chargers. The difference was quite small tho